Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Parks Canada shuts down public access in national parks; Canmore declares state of local emergency

A gallery of images from Thursday (March 19) to Wednesday (March 25) highlighting the Bow Valley's response to COVID-19

“Sadly not everyone seems to get it to many people continue to ignore these guidelines that have been issued by doctor Hinshaw and the Alberta government of Alberta– in so doing they endanger the health of others.”

"With the ever-changing circumstances and the currently unknown impacts on our community, we are going to continue to do our best to provide the community with safe options."

“This will give the us the increased authority to take additional measures to protect the Canmore community, such as closing municipal playgrounds – which we are doing today. While the state of local emergency allows us to take additional action within the municipality, it does not allow us to close the highway, which is under provincial jurisdiction."

“I know that this is scary, but we will get through this. This isn’t just about the actions that the government is taking, it’s down to each and every one of us.”

“We do not have the authority or the resource capacity to enforce a restriction on the movement of people in or out of our community – only the province or federal government can close highways or close airports, as we’ve seen with the federal government restricting travel from around the world."

“Museums can be a place to keep those memories, but those memories aren’t important unless we talk about them.”

"We recognize the challenges they are facing and appreciate the incredible work they are doing to serve Canadians in these truly unprecedented circumstances."