Faithful readers of this column may recall that North America is experiencing a decade-long surge in the popularity of craft beer, as the unwashed masses throw...
Archive - 2013
Welcome back, after two weeks of not writing a column. As I write this I am looking out my classroom window and wonder if spring will ever arrive. Our spring...
Do you love painting? Or maybe you like to draw. It doesn’t matter what medium you prefer or how long you have been dabbling in your craft as an artist...
Sump pumps protect my basement from flooding. The best way to get rid of that excess ground water is into my floor drain, right? After all, the floor drain...
In his letter to the editor regarding tax increases, Mr Steve Staples asked the question: “in these days of internet why do libraries even exist?”...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
What’s Growing On in Gardening
With the thought of the warm days to come – you know, the ones that weatherman has assured us are on the horizon – many of us are itching to do something...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
English Spirits
The Right Honourable Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady herself, shuffled off this mortal coil last week. Readers in the audience that were of school...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
(Team)
There were usually the four brothers, the minimum number to pick two teams and have a game. The Imaginary brothers stayed away for fear of not being accepted...
CHESTERMERE – You may recall just a few short weeks ago 2 young girls from the Prairie Waters Elementary School got the entire school involved in the first...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Golden Years not so bright for retirees
Everyone anxiously awaits retirement. We have visions of spending our Golden Years golfing every day and spending time at some exotic island with margarita in...


