Climate

“The cost of not doing all we can is truly unfathomable, so we need to make sure we have a reserve that allows us to take on the projects, initiatives and programs that we know will move the needle on climate action."

The mountain town’s coal mining history dates back to 1883, but since its last operations ceased in 1979, it has become more synonymous with tourism.

“The word ‘unprecedented’ doesn’t do justice to the severity of the wildfires in Canada this year,” said Yan Boulanger, research scientist in forest ecology at Natural Resources Canada in a statement.

“A response to the incident will be shared publicly. The response will include lessons learned from the incident.”

“Residents do an amazing job. The folks that do it, do it right. Our contamination is really low.”

“What we’ve seen is if transit is more convenient and easier, people will start to use it. … The ones who don’t have cars are waiting for the bus, but people who have a car will jump in their car because they don't want to wait,”

"We have to use the reserves now in order to achieve the timelines that benefit our community and then we have to do some really hard work in the upcoming budget."

“We are starting to see some change in colour and with that comes more visitation. Fall is traditionally a busy time for visitation in Kananaskis Country.”

Environment Canada says 35.3 mm of rain fell in Banff as of Aug. 27 compared to the monthly average of 60.1 mm.

After 25 years of exploring and explaining the global water and water-related climate crisis, I find myself at the limits of what I know and think, or even can think and the lies and misinformation I can tolerate regarding the global climate threat.