Canmore

On Nov. 22, work began to remove the dilapidated wooden helipad, constructed to support a teahouse that was to be accessed by helicopter flight. The land was leased in the mid-1980s but by 2002, the project had folded and the province cancelled the lease.

Four world cups and four medals for Canmore speed skater Connor Howe.

The municipal increase in 2023 will see a home valued at $800,000 under 2021 property assessments come in at an extra $226 for the year or $18.83 a month. The median annual municipal tax bill is $2,035.

“One of the things I am most excited about is over 30 people are coming back home who had to leave the valley and go to Calgary and Cochrane and elsewhere to get the level of care that wasn’t here before."

“If we can create a container in our programs that allows people to follow their curiosity, they are more likely to understand what gift they have to bring to the world.”

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“It’s been 10 years and we’ve had explosive commercial growth and that sector continues to share that same piece of the pie. I don’t know what the findings of the task force would be, but I’m going to expect since our economic situation is much different than it was (in 2013) and our competitors and comparators are shifting as well that it would be an important exercise to go through.”

If we don’t act now to bolster the ability of our young people to access post-secondary education, we risk negative economic and societal effects that will continue well into the future. While individual students enjoy the private returns of scholarship, society as a whole reaps the public rewards of wise investment in education.

“With an old building with a lot of technical and mechanical electric systems with water, we’re starting to see some lifecycle repairs and maintenance that we have already been undertaking."

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