Edition: January 2016 Strathmore Times

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   Knowing he may only have a month left in Strathmore before packing his bags to pursue a 15-year-old dream, Mohammad Farhan sold the Taj Indian… Read More »

Laureen F. GuentherTimes Contributor   Actor and musician Natalie Inga Gauthier, who just acted in Rosebud’s Wind in the Willows, is performing a musical tour in January.Gauthier, with Sonia Deleo,… Read More »

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   Tears of disbelief and excitement flowed at the end of last year, after several Strathmore residents received an unexpected act of kindness at the Strathmore… Read More »

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   In contrast to Alberta’s economic downturn, numerous accomplishments and positive growth marked up the Town of Strathmore’s 2015 calendar, signaling a strong heart beat to… Read More »

Miriam Ostermann Times Associate Editor   Albeit months of waiting and lowered expectations, Rocky View County and Chestermere received the thumbs up for anticipated provincial disaster funding to aid in… Read More »

Thiessen, Bobbi Joanne (nee Kennedy) October 23, 1970 – December 19, 2015 Survived by daughter Hayley Thiessen, son Joshua Thiessen. Mother Bette Kennedy (Atilio Pasutto), father Robert Kennedy. Sisters Shannon… Read More »

Pat FuleFule for Thought   Life doesn’t always give people a “Hallmark Christmas.”Sometimes, tragedies happen. At the same time we celebrate Christ’s birth, we sometimes also have to lose people.We… Read More »

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   Due to the significance for the Strathmore Fire Department to meet the fire and rescue needs within the community, town council agreed to spend nearly… Read More »

Miriam OstermannTimes Associate Editor   Last year’s out-of-the-blue manoeuvre – when nine Wildrose party members crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservatives and irrefutably cost the party its hold in… Read More »

John GodsmanTimes Contributor   Ed Thiessen’s ancestors were Mennonites, originating in Northern Holland and Germany, before settling in Russia in the 1700’s, when Catherine the Great invited the Mennonites to… Read More »

Justin SewardTimes Reporter   It has been a busy year for Wheatland County, and one that Reeve Glenn Koester considered to be a progressive 12 months because of the direction… Read More »