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In my opinion one of St. Albert's greatest natural attractions is the Big Lake-Sturgeon River waterway. Its natural beauty can be enjoyed year-round. As an avid kayaker I've come to enjoy this waterway each summer.

A reminder to those using the Red Willow Trail system. In some areas there are tight blind corners, and should you choose to walk on the wrong side of the trail, you put people at risk.

This letter is in response to the letter ( Gazette , June 16; “We left city without spending a dime due to no-dog policy”) by John Cookson. I have a few points I would like to make. St. Albert is in no regard an anti-dog city.

So here we find another apparent overstep by a government ( Gazette , June 23, "City crafting stricter smoking law") attempting to push rules and bylaws on a topic that none of them campaigned on.

On June 23 my daughters and I parked at the side of Red Willow Place on our way to enjoy the farmers' market. We parked at 10:50 a.m. then returned at 11:40 a.m. to see that someone had keyed my entire driver's side of my car.

I would like to applaud city council for looking into the potential proposal for a St. Albert zero-waste facility.

I sure hope that St.

Mayor Cathy Heron ( Gazette , May 12) needs to distinguish between fundraising for necessities versus fundraising for like-to-haves. I don't mind fundraising for sports facilities, park benches, etc.

This week, Matt Bachewich from Active Communities Alberta made a presentation to city council asking for support for a regional sports campus model recreation centre – a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Isn’t it refreshing when one experiences a gentle afternoon rainfall after a spell of dry, hot weather? Wouldn’t it be a change of pace and a blessing if this experience could somehow be translated and felt within our political and social cultures, p