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Columnists - Tamara Gutierrez
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Federation of Beer
Beer: the final frontier. These are the voyages of your intrepid liquor reporter. His continuing mission: to explore strange new beers, to seek out new dive...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Bill’s Street
A friend of mine, Bill, lives in Bowness, Calgary. For years I’ve learned from him the importance, and joy, of living a life engaged with the local...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Viva Viognier
Your intrepid liquor reporter was trying to impress his dinner date at a quaint little seafood restaurant last week, and needed something more unique and...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The New Neighbourliness
I knew a man who had flown fifty bombing missions during World War 2. He was soft spoken and kind, and rarely talked about his experiences. Yet I had the great...
Columnists - Kevin Sorenson
Standing Up for Families by Extending Compassionate Care
One of the most difficult times for anyone is when a loved one is dying or at risk of death. The demands of caring for a gravely ill family member can...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Begin With Gin
Your humble narrator is delighted with his page-a-day booze calendar, which lets me sample a different spirit every day, all in the name of field research...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Jersey Shore
New Jersey has given the world many things. Bruce Springsteen. Frank Sinatra. Abbott & Costello. John Travolta. Martha Stewart. Light bulbs. The Statue of...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Awake
When I was a teenager I had to get my wisdom teeth pulled. The dentist prepped me on the procedure and explained that I’d be drugged up and knocked out...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Small
If you talk to a few hundred children under the age of seven in Chestermere, they’ll probably know me first and foremost as the “bee-guy.”...
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