One of my regular drinking companions grew up in the former Eastern Bloc, coming of age in the final days of the Cold War, when booze from decadent capitalist...
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Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Fun With Furmint
Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan
Choosing health over corporate profits
January is a month when many of us promise we will try harder to become or stay healthy. We make New Year’s resolutions to eat better and lose weight. But by...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
A Feathered Romance
When I hear the word “harlequin”, two memories come immediately to mind. The first is looking at the massive Harlequin Romance novel collection, lovingly owned...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Happy Beer-thday
Faithful readers may recall me waxing poetic about Chestermere’s own Township 24 Brewing, located at 100 Rainbow Road, who recently celebrated their seventh...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
It’s All in the Name
Although owls are a main attraction for bird watchers, raptors and accipiters are also admired. Falcons, hawks and eagles are feared by many other species...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Top of the Chart-reuse
Looking to impress my holiday guests, I was digging through the dusty corners of the wine cellar for forgotten gems, and came across an old bottle of...
Columnists - Elaine and Don Cassidy
It’s All in the Name
With the whispers of winter reaching across Alberta the last while, the bird watcher, feeling somewhat melancholy with the fall migration history, does have...
Columnists - Vamini Selvanandan
A Family Physician for Every Albertan
All some people want for Christmas is a family doctor. A report released earlier this month from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows...
Columnists - Chantelle de Jonge
Alberta’s year-end economic highlights
Over the course of the year, Alberta has continued to cement its position as the economic engine of Canada due to our highly skilled workforce, business...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Yay for Meunier
This is the month that December babies dread, with their birthdays overshadowed by the Xmas holiday, resulting in halfhearted combination birthday-Christmas...
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