Local News
New Mormon temple built to last for 1,000 years
Edmonton's new small temple has been built to last at least 1,000 years, according to Dr. Blair Bennett, an LDS official in Alberta. The $5.3 million building on the 53rd Avenue grounds (near Whitemud Drive) of the Riverbend Stake Center is scheduled to be open to the public December 3rd and 4th and be dedicated December 11th and 12th. "It's not bomb-proof but it's probably the most secure building in Edmonton," says Bennett.

Sports
BYU's LaVell Edwards Chases Victory No. 250
A BYU win against Air Force on Saturday will give BYU coach LaVell Edwards win number 250. But Edwards doesn't think its a big deal, "I haven't even thought about it," he told the Associated Press. "It's just another game,'' Edwards said. ``The big thing is that we're in the hunt for the championship. That's the most important thing right now, and that's what we keep an eye on." But a week ago, Edwards openly discussed Florida State coach Bobby Bowden's approaching career victory #300.

People
LDS Returned Missionary commits to help rebuild after Mitch (Rebuilding after Mitch)
A year ago, Terry Johnson, 65, a biochemist from Grants Pass, Ore., found himself at a crossroads in his life. His marriage had just broken up and he had just retired from a career of college teaching. He like many Americans began to see the pictures unfolding on his television screen of disaster in Central America from Hurricane Mitch. Horrified by the havoc he saw, Bro. Johnson decided to help out. "I can build houses," he told himself.

Arts & Entertainment Documentary Aims to Take Objective Look at Mormon Women
Utah native, Tasha Oldham, will explore the beliefs, realities and challenges of Mormon women in her new documentary film, "Sisters in Zion." Oldham will also disprove the notion that Mormon women have been duped, wanton, misguided, housebound, constantly pregnant and uniformly submissive, a belief that was expressed in early propaganda films such as, "Trapped By the Mormons" and "Mormon Women and Depression."

Business
Two BYU students find success on Internet (internet.Com: VC Watch)
Two BYU students who left school and started a webpage design company are raking in the visitors, as well as the ventur capital. Josh James and John Pestana were both still in school when they started their business, and their venture has changed into a service supporting webmasters, giving them free and lowcost tools for managing websites.