Category - Columnists

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report March 23

Hello Chestermere! I did not realize that this was the year of the rat! Who knew? I guess the Government did! As fortune would have it rats are quick witted...

Columnists - RollyAshdown

Rocky View County report March

It is that time of year again, Tax Time. At Rocky View County the way it works is that every department submits a budget for what they are going to need to...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Entrepreneurial Neighbourhood

Last week I was invited to meet two business leaders in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In a quiet upstairs office along main street I met Mike Temple and Jeremy...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Mexican Wine

Your intrepid liquor reporter was at a hoity-toity wine tasting event last week, and tasted his very first Mexican wines. Yes, gentle reader, you may be as...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA Report March 16

Hello Chestermere! Well the Legislature is back in session with the Throne Speech. I thought I would share some of my reaction to the Government’s claim...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA Report March 9

Hello Chestermere! I don’t know about you but when March hits, I feel the need for a little green in my life. I have lived in Alberta my whole life, and...

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...


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