Banff

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

Since dropping their first game of 2022, the Banff Bears have been unbeatable.

“We are really excited. Everyone is working away at their various areas and things are coming together really well. We still have tickets available and especially day tickets. So, if you want to have a good day outing, its perfect you come to the festival.”

“In many cases, people make decisions about voting based on if they think that their vote can make a difference. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of course. You sometimes see lower voter turnout when people think their vote won’t make a difference.”

“If there's a good crop, they’ll literally just park themselves into a shrub bush and often engorge on them. It goes through their system pretty fast and sugars get extracted.

A local business is under fire following an email response to Canmore Pride about sponsoring an upcoming event as part of Pride week.

“The Bow Valley is one of the most important areas for grizzly bears in the Y2Y region. If we fracture grizzly bear movement in this region, we hurt that chain. Helping grizzlies move through here is important.”

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

EDITORIAL: Foreign workers may not be citizens of Canada and it can be easy to ignore a situation, as an essential part of the country’s workforce we owe it to them to lessen the risk and improve regulation against those who try and take advantage.

Local bikers were big winners at the Ziggy Gnarly mountain bike races, taking home 19 golds and 40 medals on July 16-17 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.