Category - Columnists

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Sipping on Sémillon

With the dog days of summer upon us, your intrepid liquor reporter has been swapping out room temperature red wines for chilled whites at garden parties...

Columnists Sports - Sandy Macdonald

Straighten out your takeaway

This week I would like to feature one of our new members to Lakeside Greens. Brent and his wife Arlene moved to Chestermere last year from Orangeville Ontario...

Columnists - Leela Aheer

MLA report Aug4

Hello Chestermere! We have had some beautiful sunny days this week and it was wonderful to see people out swimming in the lake, playing in the parks, and the...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Making A Big Deal

There are particular Canadian neighbourhoods which exude extra character and charm. From the quaint main street of Niagara on the Lake in Ontario, to the...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Fruity Beers

Your intrepid liquor reporter usually eschews gimmicks like an orange twist in his beer, but the recent heat wave has left me gasping for refreshment, and...

Columnists - RollyAshdown

Rocky View County report July

Well we got through another spectacular Langdon Days. I am humbled every time I think about the effort of all the volunteers and sponsors that it takes to put...

Columnists - Sandy Macdonald

Use the sand wedge around the green

This week’s column is going to focus on the short game.  In particular, the use of the sandwedge around the green.  I have noticed a common theme among...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Welcome Home

On Monday I got a note that there were some swarming bees in the Kinniburgh area; twenty thousand bees were looking for a home. These important, valuable bugs...

Columnists - Nick Jeffrey

Portuguese Wines

The face of Portuguese wines has been changing over the past decade, with fortified Port wines falling out of favour in world markets, leaving the winemakers...


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