On warm winter days we get a taste of what may just be around the corner – families emerge to walk dogs, kids are outside playing or skating, and sunny...
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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Six Ways to Re-Connect with you Neighbourhood this Spring
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Tannins & Oak
Wine has a pretty short list of ingredients. With only grape juice and yeast to work with, the hardworking winemakers of the world somehow manage to turn out...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
To Nurture Meaning
I enjoy talking to teenagers about what they want to do when they graduate. At first many say they are not sure. Maybe they want to attend a school, or work...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Bitter and Twisted
The tippling world is awash in a cocktail renaissance, with fancy cocktail bars springing up left and right, usually staffed by bearded bartenders that would...
Columnists - Submitted Story
Motion M-103
Thanks for the many phone calls and emails, and public conversations with constituents across Bow River regarding motion M-103, which seeks to have the...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Planting Seeds
The other day we pulled down our seed box. It’s a just a cardboard box we keep in a dark cupboard, but it’s a treasure trove. Store bought seeds...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report Feb 23
Hello Chestermere! Well it has been quite a week. As you know we have been following the curriculum rewrite very closely and continue to be frustrated by the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Irish Whiskey
Ireland is currently in the throes of a second whiskey renaissance, and your intrepid liquor reporter is doing his part down at the local watering hole. For...
Columnists - RollyAshdown
Rocky View County report February
Well we passed a Milestone, Langdon is officially over 5,000 people, Census Canada has released the results and Rocky View County is now 39,407 as of 2016, in...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Review: 13 Ways to Kill Your Community by Doug Griffiths
F Week after week this column aims to bring focus to the ways in which all of us might participate in creating healthy and vibrant communities. We explore...
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