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OPINION: Support wildlife in urban centres

OPINION: Support wildlife in urban centres

What would you do if you won $50 million in the lottery? This was a favourite question to pose on family road trips. My response inevitably included purchasing parcels of land to serve as nature reserves or wildlife corridors.
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Produce more don't work more

In his commentary last week, Nolan Crouse admirably highlights an issue that doesn’t get enough attention: Canada has a productivity problem.
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LETTER: A senior thankful for many helpers

LETTER: A senior thankful for many helpers

Editor, On April 5, 2025 I went by Saint City Taxi with my walker to the Dollarama store in St. Albert. The lady clerk rang up all my purchases and packed them all carefully into my shopping bag.
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Far more than 50 shades of blue in St. Albert

I’m a political nerd of many decades. I ran a mock election in my Grade 4 social studies class. Election campaigns are my playoffs and election night is my Super Bowl.
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Much-needed perspective on name-change debate

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Politics close to home

Politics close to home

Dear fellow St Albertans, I hope you will be tolerant of my chronic annoyance over the City government’s financial cost of operating and managing our public transit system.
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Teaching your kids about sex is awkward, but important

Teaching your kids about sex is awkward, but important

When I first became a parent a friend of mine, also a new parent, asked me, “what are you going to call your kids’ privates?” It was a simple question, but it felt extremely loaded.
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Habitat funding could have gone to more families

Habitat funding could have gone to more families

Editor, Re: "Habitat for Humanity helps families build a future," St. Albert Gazette , April 4, page 1: I am surprised that the $1 million in grants from the City of St. Albert and the federal government was applied to only four houses.
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LETTER: A rose by any other name

LETTER: A rose by any other name

Over the past weeks and months, I have seen a lot of commentary about the renaming of the Grandin (now The Gardens) neighbourhood. Lots of my fellow neighbours have expressed sadness and frustration over the change.
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Create productive soil to help your garden thrive

Create productive soil to help your garden thrive

The average home garden should have about 20 inches of fertile soil
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