Category - Columnists

As the holiday season approaches, I have been bulking up the contents of the wine cellar in anticipation of visits with family and friends, and in recognition...

With the arrival of a marvelous snowfall and cold temperatures almost three weeks ago, our bird watching efforts were limited to looking out of the windows...

The typical mobs of crazed bargain hunters did not swarm the shopping malls like a plague of locusts this year for Black Friday, due to the Amazons and Wal...

Having had a peek at the weather forecast almost two weeks ago, it became clear that comfortable bird watching for the season was nearing the end. Looking for...

In the squandered days of my callow youth, our world-class rye and barley crops were used mainly as cattle feed, with nary a thought given to craft beer or...

With countless viruses, dangerous bacteria and illnesses that lie in wait to threaten our health, it’s inevitable that we will come down with something...

Alberta’s government is committed to ensuring all Albertans have access to timely, high-quality primary health care. To address this critical need, we launched...

A jay! A Blue Jay! The blue jays are back in town! I must say I am mystified by the comings and goings of this member of the Corvid family of birds. It seems...