Canmore

“It was really exciting, especially being the home rink," said Howe. "I'm a little bit more familiar and confident here so I think it helped for sure."

“I think we really need some good news… when you have a big vision and you are operating at the scale that wildlife needs, it does make a difference,” said Jodi Hilty, co-author of the paper and Y2Y’s chief scientist and president.

“What we’re also recognizing is when you go the route of zero per cent increase, despite the fact there are inflationary forces at work, eventually you have to pay that cost. COVID has been hard right across the board, and I certainly applaud the efforts of past councils in trying to alleviate pain being experienced on a variety of fronts, but it delays the increase and it compounds.”

Canadian Pacific (CP) Rail’s 23rd annual Holiday Train will be hosted virtually again this year, considering ongoing government restrictions on public gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canada's Para Nordic skiers had a strong showing on home soil in Canmore

“We are not at any point ready to commit to money on this,” said Premier Jason Kenney. “We have to give this very close rigor and that’s the stage that we’re at right now.”

Three Sisters Mountain Village Property Limited is suing the Town of Canmore and all seven members of the previous Town council for $161 million.

“Affordable housing is one of our No. one priorities and I suspect it will be No. one when we come out of strategic planning. In order to do that, we need to have the plans laid out for where that housing can go in Palliser is one of the key areas. We can’t move ahead with any development until this is done. Putting it off by a year or two is a year or two too long.”

“I’d say the BIA and probably the general public are very happy to get a lot of clarity on this for the coming summer. If we can look forward to another summer of downtown going to be a pedestrian zone, it’s going to help planning and probably the whole idea of it leading forward. We can probably do some interesting and spectacular stuff coming up.”

“This will be a big part in increasing affordability when we can have Roam transit go to all parts of town and if it’s frequent enough it makes sense for people to go wherever they need to go without spending an extra hour of travel waiting for buses. This is an important step.”