Opinion

My story is not uncommon. People who have been working for too many years at too high a gear often become ill, sometimes with life-threatening consequences, when they stop working in an over-busy workplace.

Dad’s vision was rooted in supporting his wife and our community. My mother, Tina Fox, was a band councillor whose work was primarily in health and wellness. As chairperson at Stoney Medicine Lodge, she and her committee wanted equine therapy to be part of the treatment program. As her husband, Dad worked to make that a reality.

One way the community can support that is by engaging in the discussions of what tourism should look like post-COVID-19. We have an opportunity as a valley to be innovators and leaders in this multi-billion dollar global industry. 

As we relaunch, we have a chance to put this right. We have a chance to reimagine what work looks like in the Bow Valley and build something better.

If Canada starts to let American visitors across the border this summer, they must support communities like Canmore and Banff with the ability to enforce quarantine rules to prevent new cases of COVID-19 from being brought into our towns and spread around through tourism