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The word is getting out about the Town of Morinville, but unfortunately it’s for all the wrong reasons.

On March 15, 1978, after the use of an incorrect cure created problems with ice bonding to the cement underneath, Akinsdale Arena officially opened to the public with free skating, pop and doughnuts.

After a good sleep, my weekend morning routine generally involves a hearty breakfast and reading the Gazette. But after today this will change.

A few weeks ago, our daughter returned from Mexico after five months away, landing in Edmonton around midnight.

Once upon a time — in 1942 actually — a child was born in a desert camp of a nomadic Bedouin family. His homeland had a history of being subjugated by one empire after another dating back to the Phoenicians in about 500 BCE.

The Gazette plugged along in March 1962 as it pushed for construction of an indoor swimming pool. The results of an informal survey were released, stating a “vast majority” favoured the pool.

No one ever said debate had to be pretty. That certainly was not always the case during often-heated public meetings for 70 Arlington Dr. and resulting letters to the editor that, on a few occasions in particular, were downright ugly.

The first year of the new millennium proved that St. Albert was, in fact, growing, so much so the city entered into talks with Sturgeon County about the future of 6,000 acres of farmland to St. Albert’s north and west. The St.

Do you know what goth is? Well, many pages of text have been written on that topic, so I won’t contribute much to it. Goth is people who seem to want to look like vampires.

Some weeks ago, the murder of a Somalian resident of Edmonton sparked an angry comment from one of the police officers investigating the crime.