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Alberta’s gopher museum closed until further notice as owners find new facility

A quirky Alberta roadside attraction that has delighted travellers for decades with its stuffed rodents in tiny costumes is closed until further notice.  The World Famous Gopher Hole Museum, located in Torrington, a hamlet about 120 kilometres north of Calgary, made the announcement online earlier this week. Laural Kurta, museum director, said she was forced to close the doors because the two historical buildings that house the exhibits need to be replaced.  “We have done every patch repair, staple, spackle, everything we could possibly do, and it is just at its end,” Kurta said in an interview Tuesday.  She added…

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