Opinion

Because of Indian Act land restrictions, some critics believed that privatizing reserve lands would allow First Nations to become economically self-reliant. This included the Harper government, which proposed the First Nations Private Property Ownership Act (FNPPOA).

There is an oft quoted definition of insanity that equates it with doing the same action over and over again and expecting a different result.

Popularity is a double edged sword, especially when success as a tourism-based economy depends on people coming to our valley.

The mines may have closed 40 years ago, but the hearts and welcoming embrace of what Canmore was and has always been, remains as strong as ever. Canmore’s strength is its people and that will never change.