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“The key to success in our communities as businesses is having employee housing and having the ability to put even in a temporary way, to house people. It’s really tough out there and it’s harder than I’ve ever seen it to get a place to live, so the fact there’s a rental unit in Banff and purchasing one in Canmore really speaks to the ability, quality of life and long-term viability to provide the transit we want to offer.”

EDITORIAL: The newly proposed redistribution of federal ridings could be a late Christmas gift to communities in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.

Between 20-40 cm of snow in the Bow Valley is expected by Tuesday night.

“I think we have a strong Alberta team. B.C. is definitely our huge competition, but I think we have a strong team to put up a fight against them.”

Roam buses will have to wait to see if a new clientele will be using their services. The Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission postponed making a decision on whether leashed dogs will be allowed on buses.

Wildfire experts say a changing climate leading to longer and hotter fire seasons, combined with more than a century of fire suppression, has led to tinder dry and ageing forests that have created perfect conditions for high intensity wildfires to spread quickly.

“I would say that we are very pleased that the federal electoral boundary commission heard our concerns that it separated Banff and Canmore. We are quite pleased to see Banff and Canmore be reunited and we are thrilled that Jasper is also joining.”

“They found what appeared to be the deceased person at the bottom of a cliff in that area."

EDITORIAL: The news of Canmore General Hospital having to shutter its operating room on weekends because of a staffing shortage is the latest wrench tossed at the region’s and province’s beleaguered healthcare system.

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley