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Banff politicians aren’t prepared to scrap a controversial parking policy designed to encourage development of more rental housing, particularly given the tourist town continues to have a zero per cent vacancy rate and residents living in substandard

Banff politicians are keen to further investigate a plan for a mass bus transit system to deal with the tourist town’s traffic troubles, but have put off further consideration of an aerial gondola, for now.

A decision has been made to ease the squeeze on Banff’s zero per cent vacancy rate. The Municipal Planning Commission gave a green light to a proposed additional housing project at Deer Lane in Banff on Nov. 24.

The amount of development activity in Banff is at a five-year high, stretching Town staff in the planning and development department beyond its limit.

Plans to reintroduce plains bison into a remote area of Banff National Park continue to stir controversy, with fears the iconic animals will head to better habitat on neighbouring provincial lands where they can be legally shot and killed.

Bow Valley Victim Services Association is seeing a dramatic increase in the number of sudden deaths they respond to in the Bow Valley, particularly in Banff and Lake Louise where visitation continues to soar.

The Cougar Creek trailhead in Canmore has been at the centre of several major construction projects since the 2013 flood – none of which have endeavoured to improve the nearby parking lot until now.

Just when you were getting used to the idea that Canmore Business and Tourism was going to cease operations, the organizational structure of the destination marketing organization has been resurrected, with a new board of directors made up entirely o

Marika Cockney performs hoop dance moves along Benchlands Trail in Canmore on Sunday (Nov. 13).

Banff politicians have begun wading through the 2017-19 budget, with some proposed new big-ticket items centred on trying to deal with the tourist town’s traffic and congestion woes.