Category - Columnists

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Banana Seats

I remember visiting my cousin in Saskatoon when I was a boy and I was always on the lookout for the coolest kid on their block. My cousin had a neighbour kid...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report September 13

Hello Chestermere! First of all I would like to thank Kim Soderburg – Mcrae and the rest of the organizers of the Chestermere Country Fair Parade. What a...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Prairie Doggin’

I popped into the big city to run some errands on the weekend, and rewarded myself for a productive day by stopping at Prairie Dog Brewing, just a few blocks...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Letting Go With Great Generosity



The Good Life is not about what we get, but what we give. We’ve heard this kind of saying before and we know that being a generous person is probably...

Columnists - Steve King

Canine Communication

Unfortunately most of us don’t possess the powers of communication that Dr. Doolittle had when he was able to talk to the animals. But that doesn’t...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report Sept 6

Hello Chestermere! I hope you had a chance to enjoy the Labour Day classic. As we celebrate the the last long weekend of the summer, the regular chaos of...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Passion for Passchendaele

Many Chestermerians are recovering Calgarians, or at least have a passing familiarity with the big city to the west. As a transplanted Maritimer, the first...

Columnists - Steve King

Jobs with dogs

It wasn’t that long ago that the only careers involving dogs were either becoming a veterinarian, being a dog trainer or running a dog boarding facility...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report August 30

Hello Chestermere! I am sorry for missing you last week, and I hope you have had a wonderful, though very smoky August.  I am as always so humbled by so many...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Starting a Neighbourhood Movement

How many neighbours does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: not as many as you might think. How many people are needed to create change in a community...


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