Columns

Elections Canada has toyed with the idea of introducing e-democracy for future elections. This would seem like a logical advancement in democracy given the technological age we now live in.

Don’t let the headline fool you. This opinion column will not dwell upon those protesting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Quebec, nor will it hearken back to post-Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver.

Ancilla, a tender and innocent little girl has been lost. She is eight years old, she is 17 and she is 12. She is Cambodian, Ukrainian, Canadian and African. She was born in your town, in a city, in a village, in a hospital and in a hovel.

In a 4-2 vote in June of 1998, city council authorized placing a question on the upcoming municipal election ballot about whether or not the city should ban video lottery terminals from the community. The city had received approximately $4.

What would a June in the 1980s have been without a visit from Mark Messier? The Edmonton Oilers player made his almost-annual trek to St. Albert’s Bruin Inn in June 1987 to share the Stanley Cup with locals.

That thud you heard was the sound of city councillors walking into a wall at St. Albert Place.

In December 2010, I wrote a column in the St. Albert Gazette entitled, ‘Bring On 2011’ in which I listed 12 wishes for the new year. It is time for a midyear progress report.

June 1980 was notable for one very specific reason — after years of being packed in the Edmonton white pages, St. Albert finally got its own phone book … sort of. AGT announced that it would compile a phone book specifically for the St.

Appropriating the experiences of others is reckless folly. In 1946 Calgarian George DuPre was speaking to church and Boy Scout audiences about his Second World War experiences.

I feel like I’m sitting on a chair in a circle of people sitting on chairs. I imagine that we’re in a basement room of a community hall. Some people are smiling at me encouragingly, especially the one with the clipboard and pen.