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LETTER: Goodbye to the Bay

LETTER: Goodbye to the Bay

I found the two recent articles written by Kevin Ma to be very interesting. As a St. Albert resident for the past 47 years and a Hudson Bay Company employee for 30 years, I’m sure that a lot of customers will definitely miss the Bay.
EDITORIAL: A new name – and an improved process?

EDITORIAL: A new name – and an improved process?

Tuesday’s decision by City council to rename the Grandin neighbourhood The Gardens will reverberate for years in our community – especially for the next several months in the run-up to our next municipal election.
LETTERS: Grandin renaming bungled by council

LETTERS: Grandin renaming bungled by council

This whole issue has been handled so badly by council. Instead of handling it democratically the city has chosen once again to act like a dictatorship. Residents of Grandin should have been polled on the name change.
LETTERS; Canada needs strong leadership against American agression

LETTERS; Canada needs strong leadership against American agression

I thought that it was interesting and somewhat disturbing that I had to explain to some of my American "friends" that when Trump imposes import tariffs, better identified as a tax, on goods such as oil, natural gas, lumber and so on that th
American, St. Albertan exchange letters over Trump

American, St. Albertan exchange letters over Trump

The following letter written by a St. Albert resident first appeared in the Dallas Morning News. After the letter was publsihed, the St. Albert Gazette recieved a letter from a Dallas resident responding to the St. Albert Resident.
You define yourself by what you are prepared to say ‘no’ to

You define yourself by what you are prepared to say ‘no’ to

As Canadians, we have long enjoyed a sense of abundance and immediate gratification. If we wanted something, we bought it. If we desired an experience, we pursued it.
LETTER: Renaming an attempt to rewrite history

LETTER: Renaming an attempt to rewrite history

I am today reminded of others who wokism is currently judging........for example, Sir Winston Churchill (another person who features prominently in St. Albert's naming inventory). Churchill held views that many today consider appalling.
LETTERS: Why inconsistent school zones?

LETTERS: Why inconsistent school zones?

Can anyone explain why some schools in St. Albert have special speed limits for school hours while others don’t? At first when I drove past the high school on Giroux Road I reduced my speed to allow for school zone.
NELSON: Pierre in a pickle

NELSON: Pierre in a pickle

Oh boy, what a pretty pickle Pierre Poilievre finds himself in. It’s not his fault. He’s just become yet more collateral damage, courtesy of the rampaging bull set loose in the global china shop that is US President Donald Trump.
News publishers call on Canada Post CEO to support local news

News publishers call on Canada Post CEO to support local news

For many Canadian community news publishers, Canada Post is really the only game in town when it comes to distributing their newspapers to readers. This is especially true in more rural and remote communities.
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