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We Are Locals exhibit hopes to create legacy for future generation

We Are Locals exhibit hopes to create legacy for future generation

“I hope they hear meaningful stories from community members. It is important to understand who our community is what their story is. I think this exhibition shares an aspect of local culture that is really important.”
Accessibility skateboarding program opens up sport

Accessibility skateboarding program opens up sport

“The skateboarding community and the people I’ve met at the skate parks have offered to help. The board shops fully sponsored us for everything we could’ve asked for. The whole skateboard community just wants to get people into skateboarding.
Electric vehicle test drives coming to Bow Valley

Electric vehicle test drives coming to Bow Valley

“The premise is that we need to be in a community more than one day. The unique value in this is we are always on location for a minimum of two weeks, sometimes a month, to give people a chance to come by and visit.”
MD committee approves gravel pit expansion proposal

MD committee approves gravel pit expansion proposal

“There were no new conditions. It included the traffic impact assessment, as well as the storm water management plan as requested by Alberta Transportation.”
Liner for cell closure at Francis Cooke gets go-ahead

Liner for cell closure at Francis Cooke gets go-ahead

A $550,000 capital budget project to purchase material for a liner to close a lime cell at the Francis Cooke Regional Resource Recovery Centre and Landfill will move forward.
New visitor, resort accommodation parking bylaw gets Bighorn council approval

New visitor, resort accommodation parking bylaw gets Bighorn council approval

“If the total for a building comes to 93.5 stalls, it would be rounded up to 94. This is taken as an average. It is the number of parking requirements based on experience. … In planning practice, we try to find a balance between too much and too little parking.”
MD of Bighorn to conduct ward boundary review

MD of Bighorn to conduct ward boundary review

“Are we looking at potentially creating another ward. We have to have an odd number of councillors. Could we be reducing or increasing the number of councillors potentially?”
Tourism industry veteran appointed advocacy group CEO

Tourism industry veteran appointed advocacy group CEO

“We really see this as an opportunity for Alberta to meaningfully and sustainably diversify its economy, but that’s going to require a coordinated advocacy effort to remind government and those wanting to form government that we need to have a strategic policy framework.”
Lac Des Arcs pedestrian bridge cancelled by Bighorn council

Lac Des Arcs pedestrian bridge cancelled by Bighorn council

“From the community feedback, the street and roads committee are recommending the project be cancelled and the remaining funds be put into the bridge reserve."
Canmore United wins third league championship in a row

Canmore United wins third league championship in a row

“We were defending champions, so we had high expectations. We want to keep it up. It is not going to be easy because everyone wants to beat us. We always bring our A-game to every single weekend.”
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