Banff

The Banff and Lake Louise Hospitality Association is looking to the Town of Banff to align its messaging and policies to provincial health restrictions.

“With the rising cost of construction and lack of easily developable land in Banff, the cost of constructing new affordable residential housing is becoming increasing difficult – not financially viable,” said Philip Tarchuk.

“We were actually very concerned because it did rise very quickly and it was even rising overnight,” said Silvio Adamo, the director of emergency management for the Town of Banff.

“We could be as high as 91 per cent first dose for people 12 and up and nine per cent fully vaccinated,” said Silvio Adamo, the Town of Banff’s director of emergency management.

The Calgary Region Airshed Zone – which includes Banff, Canmore and the MD of Bighorn – received an award from the Alberta Emeral Foundation recently for work it does to monitor and educate people about air quality in the region.

“Nobody had a great 2020, but Bear Street in particular, from my perspective, did not actually get to take full advantage of the opportunity to have no fees in 2020 based on their specific circumstances," said Mayor Karen Sorensen

The Town of Banff's tax bills will be mailed out before the end of June and are due by the end of July.

Bow Valley Naturalists and Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society concerned that new expert visitation panel lacks representation from experienced ecologists and social scientists.

Here's a look at photos that were in the newspaper and website for the Rocky Mountain Outlook.

Alberta Environment declared a flood watch for the Bow River upstream of the Town of Banff and Pipestone River near Lake Louise.