Category - Columnists

Columnists - Steve King

Are you a dog person?

It seems to me that there are two types of people: those that love dogs and those that are either afraid of or don’t understand dogs. I guess you could argue...

Columnists - Baljinder Sull

Make Bread…Or Don’t!

Everyone has been impacted by the worldwide pandemic to some extent, and norms have been drastically shifted.  People are struggling with job insecurity...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report April 23

Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers. I would like to start off by sending my deepest condolences to those families who have lost loved ones this week to...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

An Apple A Day

Having been ensconced in my windowless basement home office for nigh on six weeks of isolation now, I am beginning to feel like Sméagol transforming into...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Serious Business of Joy

Joy seems to be a rare commodity these days. In the good old days, of even a few weeks ago, we happily pursued our joy. We had upcoming trips, a night at the...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report April 16

Hello Chestermere-Strathmore! A very blessed Easter, Vaisakhi, and Passover to you this past and upcoming week. I know that it has been very difficult to be...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Long Wait

Our history has two threads that run through it; the threads of patience and impatience. Threads that mark our response to waiting. We all remember when...

Columnists - Steve King

Is your dog a lefty?

In the human world, 90% of people are right handed and 10% left handed. But what about dogs? A 2006 study from the University of Manchester in England showed...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Easter Beer

Easter weekend has just passed us by, marking the end of the season of Lent.   The more devout readers in the audience may have spent the 40 days of Lent...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

International Whisk(e)y Day

This past March 27 was a day filled with both solemnity and mirth, as well as no small amount of whisky. For those not in the know, March 27 was the 12th...


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