Anyone reading a restaurant menu this decade will have noticed the growing availability of gluten free options. Increased awareness of Celiac disease and other...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Gluten Free Beer
Columnists - Steve King
Therapy dog work: effect on the dogs
Do I need a therapy dog for my therapy dog? However quirky that sounds, let’s consider the effect of doing therapy dog work on the dogs themselves. Most...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Stampede Beer
This might have been the best Calgary Stampede ever. Sure, I still had to wear those uncomfortable boots, and squeeze into the faded blue wranglers that seem...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report July 18
Hello Chestermere! One thing I learned very quickly when I was first elected is this: the world needs more Canada! This is even truer today in so many ways...
Columnists - Steve King
Grieving at the loss of a dog
Dogs don’t live long enough. I think that’s a statement reflected by dog lovers worldwide. But, as part of the cycle of life, dogs will all pass at...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Creative Conversations
This summer we went on a long ten hour car trip with our family. My five year old daughter loved playing ‘eye-spy,’ but after a few hours ‘eye-spy’...
Columnists - Steve King
A dog’s holiday
Dogs like routine. Their body clocks are so well tuned they don’t need an alarm to go off to remind them it’s time for a walk or that their food...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report July 11
Happy Stampede Ya’ll! We have been to more pancake breakfasts than I can count and the party continues on! It has been wonderful seeing...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Our Home and Native Beer
A solemn and wise philosopher named Frank Zappa once remarked that you can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Favourite Places
I recently took some friends to Reader Rock Garden in Calgary. It’s a hidden gem in the city and too few people know about it. Tucked in a forest of old...
