Creating an amazing city or neighbourhood is less about a silver bullet solution and more about rediscovering a lost art. A few years ago I sat down and wrote...
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Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Neighbourhood Manifesto
Columnists - Baljinder Sull
Feeling Blah Lately? There’s A Term For That
Ever have the feeling you’re reliving the same day over and over? Like life is on repeat, where you feel like you know what to expect, and yet don’t know at...
Columnists - Karen McKee
Hot Talk – Election Campaign Conduct
The Hot Topic this Week is: Election Campaign Conduct – Can we do better? “When you throw dirt at people you’re not doing a thing but losing ground.”Zig Ziglar...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Keep Calm and Carignan
As the fourth wave of the pandemic begins to subside, I am cautiously optimistic about emerging from the safety of my wine cellar, where I have remained...
Columnists - Steve King
Canine pioneers
We all think our dogs are great, for a variety of reasons. However, there are a few dogs that have gone above and beyond in terms of courage and bravery which...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Memento Mori this Halloween
I love Halloween: the kids, the candy, the costumes. It is the one day of the year where it seems that everybody can get out, generously offer fist-fulls of...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA update October 25
Hello Chestermere-Strathmore readers. This past week has been very emotional for many reasons. We felt so privileged to spend time with many of you...
There is an African proverb that teaches us “If you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together.” On October 18th we went to the...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sipping Sardinia
The first snowfall of the season over Thanksgiving weekend may have signaled the end of my socially distanced outdoor fourth wave boozing with friends, so I...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
What Are We Fighting For?
It is election season and we can see the temperature rising. Many comments sections in social media circles have been heated to exhaustion by those battling...
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