“Fume?” she whispered, audibly. As the recipient of said whisper exiting my colleague’s classroom nodded ever so gently, it piqued my...
Archive - 2013
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Time for the Queen to pass scepter to Charles
Seventy-five-year -old Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands recently hung up her scepter and handed over power to her middle-aged son. Her subjects cheered, a few...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Beer: The Motion Picture
Located approximately 100km south of Chestermere is quite possibly the nerdiest town in the province. Yes, gentle reader, I am speaking of the Town of Vulcan...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Perennials for Shady Areas
Having a shady garden is not the pain in the backside that many people think it is! There are loads of beautiful, easy perennials that flourish in shade! We...
YES!! Chestermere has (and needs) a food bank, which has been in operation for almost seven years. Six of the current 16 dedicated volunteers are celebrating...
Would you like to show your civic pride? Are you an aspiring green thumb? This year our parks department has entered the town in the Communities in Bloom...
Don’t miss this chance to have lunch for a good cause–restoration of the Chestermere 1952 Firetruck, and funding of the new public art “A...
The Novel Book Club met on Thursday, May 16 to discuss the book Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. This is a first person true account of the May 10-11, 1996 Mount...
An unusual and hilarious parade of men clad in red boas and red high heels hit the streets of Gleichen last week with the first ever “Walk a Mile in Her...
Last Friday the children of the Out of School Care program were in for a special treat coinciding with the Professional Day School holiday prior to the long...



