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The year 2015, like the 12 months we have just lived through, will turn out to be a year of mixed blessings. The Middle East has shown an extraordinary capacity to keep us preoccupied on that part of the world.

“Schools are supposed to be about inclusiveness” – Mia, St. Albert Gazette (Dec.

As we start to pull ourselves out of the turkey-eating coma that most of us have endured over the past few days, my thoughts return to family, friends, neighbours and the community where we live. Speaking about our own St.

Editorial cartoons can convey powerful messages. Some go on to attain iconic status. These can be rooted in epic events. One such cartoon, appearing on June 18, 1940, came at a desperate time for Britain.

Dear Santa: I am writing to you, not to ask for anything, rather to offer an apology of sorts.

In its Nov. 5 edition, the St. Albert Gazette published an article discussing the perception that’s arisen in some circles that our city council is divided into camps that consistently vote on different sides of various issues.

’Tis the season of the sale: storefronts are decorated with garlands and baubles that herald the deals to be had inside, and we, the faithful, enter these temples of commercialism to affirm our devotion to this economy.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper attending the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) has just committed Canadians to donate $500 million to help vaccinate children in developing countries.

It may no longer be the designated Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but it has become abundantly clear that domestic violence is an issue that won’t be going away anytime soon.

Prior to its release, I thought Bungie’s long anticipated Destiny would simply be another Halo – a sci-fi first-person shooter (FPS) where a lone, armour-clad hero rises to bring weapon-fuelled justice against an alien invasion.