Category - Columnists

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report June 13

Hello Chestermere! I hope that your garden is growing with the wonderful rain this past week. As everything becomes a beautiful deep green we are finishing up...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Stop

This month marks the first time in my life that I’ve been given the gift of a sabbatical. After fourteen years as a pastor I am taking a whole month just...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Township 24

Faithful readers may recall me waxing poetic about Chestermere’s own Township 24 Brewing, located at 100 Rainbow Road, right beside the dental office...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report June 6

Hello Chestermere! I would like to draw your attention to a great article by Franco Terrazzano, Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, in the...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Party People

About five years ago a group of near-strangers in my neighbourhood did something unusual. They blocked off a road, hauled out a barbecue, inflated a bouncy...

Columnists - Steve King

Personal space and time

One of the many things that change once you get a dog is personal space and time. Pre-dog you’d be able to lie in bed comfortably, walk around the house...

Columnists - Steve King

That time of year

Those dog days of summer are just around the corner, although as always in Alberta the corner may be a longer bend than we would want. So although we are still...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

It’s A Dog’s Life in Boston

Faithful readers may have recall that the three largest brewers in Canada are all owned by foreign conglomerates, as the drinks industry continues...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report May 31

Hello Chestermere readers! I would like to start off by saying congratulations to Chestermere Rotary Club for their installation of the life vests this last...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Why We Need Bugs

My parents drove a big Chrysler Cordoba while I was growing up. I remember after road trips gathering around the front of our car with my little sister poking...