Banff

“Wildlife attractants had been left out, and there was evidence of public alcohol consumption and an illegal fire. Human waste was also found in the immediate area.”

EDITORIAL: All councils have a fiduciary responsibility to their communities, but also the necessary authority and burden of leadership to guide master plans, guiding documents, bylaws and all high-level policies.

“Data shows we had very heavy congestion and gridlock from about 2 to 5 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday due to high volume coming into town in a short period of time. When that concentration of vehicles happens, rather than being spread out through the day, we do get very high congestion and traffic delays.”

It wasn't the Tour de France, but local riders showed their stuff at Calgary's own Tour de Bowness.

“Residents are experts in what it is like to be Banffites and we want to hear from them about how to make Banff a better place into the future," said Banff Mayor Corrie DiManno.

EDITORIAL: The future of vehicles will be electric. Though polarizing and seemingly far off, through legislation and policy by governments from across the world it’s not a matter of if but when the majority of drivers will have an electric vehicle.

Hundreds of people were forced to spend the night in the upper terminal visitor centre of the Banff gondola on Sulphur Mountain when a power outage shut down the gondola Monday night (Aug. 8).

Beni is on a jet to junior nationals.

“We have looked at models that exist in the compound that have not had commercial floor space associated with them and asked if that’s an opportunity that we could use there.”

Lake Louise got so busy Sunday (Aug. 6) the Banff National Park hot spot had to be briefly shut off to most of the public.