May is a wild and crazy month for the tipplers of the world, and I have been making the most of it. In local news, we are celebrating the 50th birthday of the...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Mayday! Mayday!
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Remembering Jean Vanier
Creating a thriving community requires good people-focused policies, sustainable budgets, and good governance. These are all important and essential. However...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report May 16
Hello Chestermere! Happy belated Mother’s Day to all of our mothers, and those that we have maternal bonds with. I was out on the pathways on Sunday...
Columnists - Martin Shields
Canola crisis solutions
I think most of you would agree that the Prime Minister’s approach to our resource sector has wreaked havoc in our region. His plan to “phase...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sipping Santorini
The Greek empire of antiquity helped to spread viticulture across the known world, to the neighbouring Romans, and as far away as Persia. Winemaking in Greece...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Allowed
If you could change something about your spouse, what would you change? That’s a dangerous question, isn’t it? Often in the early days of romance...
Columnists - Steve King
Why, oh why (part 1)?
As you’ve noticed, dogs do, what appear to us, strange things at times. “Strange”, as with so much in the natural world, only in the sense of...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report May 9
Hello Chestermere! Congratulations to all who participated in the Chestermere Fine Arts Guild show this weekend. A hearty congratulations to my dear friend...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Tinned Wine
I was picking up some liquid libations for a garden party on the weekend, and the friendly neighbourhood booze merchant had a large display of canned wine...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report May 2
Hello Chestermere! I wanted to talk this week about the Federal Minister of the Environment Minister McKenna and the outrageous mistruths that are being...
