Features
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Business booming for Alberta’s small brewers
According to numbers released by the province on Jan. 18, the Alberta Small Brewers Development Program is helping craft beer makers thrive in Alberta. “Brewing...
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Welcoming the new year with a look back at the old one
2017 has been a year marked by change and growth in Chestermere. “We constantly experience change in Chestermere…but certainly we had more change than usual,”...
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Festive Christmas Treats – Melting Moments
Jen Peddlesden has been having melting moments cookies at Christmas ever since she was a little girl living on a farm East of Strathmore. “It...
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Festive Christmas Treats – Snowballs
One of Karen Rideout’s favourite Christmas cookies comes from Newfoundland and reminds her of the holiday’s growing up as a child. “I like this recipe...
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Christmas with the Bees
Beekeeper Preston Pouteaux fondly remembers this baklava recipe from his childhood. “It was just cut from a magazine, but when my mom would pull it...
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Festive Christmas Treats
Fran Creelman’s traditional Christmas cookies goes back through four generations of her family. “It originated in England with my great-grandma,” she said of her whipped...
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Bringing Santa Claus to town
You better watch out, you better not cry Santa Claus is coming to town. Or as is often the case, the jolly old elf gets...
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Breaking bread for Christmas with Dignity
Both Chestermere’s economy and its charities got a little boost as the new Cobs opened its doors Nov. 29. “We really believe that we want...
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ReidBuilt Homes placed in receivership
One of Alberta’s largest homebuilders, ReidBuilt Homes, was placed in receivership by the Court of Queen’s Bench in Edmonton on Nov. 2. Alvarez & Marsal...
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Massive New Fulfillment Centre Announced
While it’s not the much talked about HQ2, Rocky View County has secured a new Fulfillment Centre from E-commerce giant Amazon. “We are delighted to...