We have reached the final month of the 42nd Parliament that began with the Liberals’ election in 2015. The 2019 election is fast-approaching, and the...
Category - Columnists
Columnists - Martin Shields
One month left in the 42nd parliament
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report May 23
Hello Chestermere! It has been a very full week, and as always when I’m driving down that highway to come home I am so happy to drive into our beautiful...
Columnists - Steve King
Why oh why (part 2)?
Continuing last week’s theme of “strange” dog quirks: •Why does my dog shake when he’s not wet? Part of it goes back to your...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Mayday! Mayday!
May is a wild and crazy month for the tipplers of the world, and I have been making the most of it. In local news, we are celebrating the 50th birthday of the...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Remembering Jean Vanier
Creating a thriving community requires good people-focused policies, sustainable budgets, and good governance. These are all important and essential. However...
Columnists - Leela Aheer
MLA report May 16
Hello Chestermere! Happy belated Mother’s Day to all of our mothers, and those that we have maternal bonds with. I was out on the pathways on Sunday...
Columnists - Martin Shields
Canola crisis solutions
I think most of you would agree that the Prime Minister’s approach to our resource sector has wreaked havoc in our region. His plan to “phase...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Sipping Santorini
The Greek empire of antiquity helped to spread viticulture across the known world, to the neighbouring Romans, and as far away as Persia. Winemaking in Greece...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Allowed
If you could change something about your spouse, what would you change? That’s a dangerous question, isn’t it? Often in the early days of romance...
Columnists - Steve King
Why, oh why (part 1)?
As you’ve noticed, dogs do, what appear to us, strange things at times. “Strange”, as with so much in the natural world, only in the sense of...
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