Banff

Banff and Lake Louise's year in review for 2021.

Banff and Lake Louise hit 131 active cases by Wednesday (Dec. 29), up from zero approximately two weeks ago. The active case rate per 100,000 is 974.

“We’ve been able to assist 105 property owners … so we’re about a third of the way from our goal of eliminating all untreated cedar shake roofs within our community,” said Banff fire chief Silvio Adamo.

“When it comes to e-bikes, for years we’ve allowed bike tours to operate in our valley. E-bikes are just motorized and become more accessible for those who might not be able to ride a conventional bike.”

“The reason why we were concerned with the Old Banff Cemetery is strictly because it’s a national historic site and they were damaging the national historic site."

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Banff-Airdrie MP Blake Richards is celebrating a victory for grieving parents and a “significant step forward” on an issue he has been working on bringing to the attention of parliament since 2018.

“After decades of being a writer and teacher, I love talking to people about writing, poetry, and exploring what writing can be."

"When it comes to any emergency, obviously we’re going to take charge of that bridge area."

“To be frank, it’s critical for people to believe in this, and if we really care about our mandate, we’ll leave some space for wildlife to do what they need to do.”