I was honoured to present the following recipients the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal (Alberta) on Sunday, December 18th at the Strathmore...

I was honoured to present the following recipients the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal (Alberta) on Sunday, December 18th at the Strathmore...
Eggnog is a festive drink that reappears every December, a thick and overly sweet concoction that is enjoyed by all ages, although the grown-ups in the...
Saskatchewan is called “The Land of Living Skies.” As a boy growing up in Regina, I did not know what this meant. For a few years, before moving to Alberta, we...
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers I wanted to chat with you about some initiatives that our government is taking over the next few years. Your tax dollars...
It’s that time of year again. The Thanksgiving and Halloween holidays are long behind us, but Christmas, Hannukah, Kwaanza, and Festivus are just around the...
Every year dictionaries pick a word of the year. These words are often chosen by how popular a word was in Google searches, or how well a word reflected...
It has begun. The incessant cacophony of holiday music has been grating on my tender ears for the past few weeks. It seems to begin earlier each year, and I...
If you’ve turned on your radio lately, you may have heard numerous singers “Dreaming of a White Christmas”. Now Finn isn’t writing any Christmas cards but you...
I remember the feeling. 1996 felt like an eternity away and I just could not wait for it. It was about 1993 and remember hearing on the news that a new Mars...
It’s been heartening to see Alberta’s economy beginning to recover. The resilience of Albertans always amazes me, but even in the midst of that...