Author - Preston Pouteaux

I recently took some friends to Reader Rock Garden in Calgary. It’s a hidden gem in the city and too few people know about it. Tucked in a forest of old...

I was working under my older model Ford truck changing out a broken piece when my neighbour stopped by. “I hear you might not know what you’re...

Years ago when I was just starting college, one of the staff members at the college hosted the strangest and most memorable adventures for students. Without...

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...

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...

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...

I love the phrase, “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” We can strategize to make amazing businesses, neighbourhoods and thriving community, but...

Creating a thriving community requires good people-focused policies, sustainable budgets, and good governance. These are all important and essential. However...

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...

Libraries are a neighbourhood hub of activity where we meet others in our community, find resources, and connect over shared interests and passions. Libraries...