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Oil companies – not taxpayers – should pay to clean up old oil wells. Reading the news, it’s looking more likely that the government is going to be using taxpayer money to clean up old Alberta oil wells.

You can't find money-saving efficiencies unless there is waste, incompetence and mismanagement.

With all the debate regarding how to name the employment lands north of Big Lake, I'm still wondering why land close to a natural area and a beautiful lake is not residential. I think what shapes us even more is how we zone land.

What a pleasant surprise (March 8). I arrived home in the afternoon to discover someone had shovelled my driveway and sidewalks. Heartfelt thanks to the Oakpark Crescent “snow angel.” You made my day! Anne Ferguson, St. Albert

As I was reading Doris Wrench Eisler's (Gazette, March 1) lengthy missive “Responding to Critics” I was astounded to read, “Germany uses no fossil fuels or nuclear energy and exports green technology quite profitably.

Congratulations to Gazette sports writer Jeff Hansen on his 2017 Bell Memorial Award bestowed upon him by the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. I can echo much of the sentiment expressed in Kevin Ma's article (Gazette, March 1).

Jeff Hansen! I was thrilled with reading the article about Jeff Hansen being inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. He has covered all sports in St. Albert for many years with a focus on the young athletes and the local coaches.

So what’s all this mistrust of immigrants really about? When the Russians, Poles, Ukrainians arrived in Canada they were suspected of “taking over our way of life.

Re: "Room to grow" (Gazette, March 1). Whatever happened to the concern about urban sprawl? It appears that it means nothing to Mayor Nolan Crouse. Some time ago, Dr.

Letter writer Doris Wrench Eisler writes, “Responding to critics” (Gazette, March 1) “Germany uses no fossil fuels or nuclear energy and exports green technology quite profitably.