Opinion

Whether Calgary and Canmore are to host a 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games or not, it is clear the lands being considered for a potential athletes’ village need a better plan.

The community of Canmore and its residents don’t need the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but the Olympics and those pursuing a bid to host it definitely need Canmore.

This is what we’ve wanted to hear.

They’re back … Once again, our valley students are, as the saying goes, all in their places, with bright shiny faces.

Walking through a neighbourhood where one spots a tree in full fall splendour, with leaves turning colour and ripening fruit, sun kissed and juicy, hanging plentifully from its branches, a person may be humbly struck by the bounty of Mother Nature in

While skies are smoky once again, and ash may be falling out of the atmosphere at times, there’s no avoiding the fact that, as least as far as bears go, we’re nearing the end of summer.

If nothing else, events this week show that despite mankind’s best efforts to regulate all aspects of life, Mother Nature won’t be controlled.

They say the squeaky wheel gets the grease, but that has to be one of the worst ways to lubricate public process in a civil society.

Smoke is in the air and that means there’s a fire burning somewhere. So when you live in a location like the Bow Valley, surrounded by pine and spruce forests, you can’t help but be a bit nervous as the air takes on a dusty tinge and smell.

What a long, strange trip it’s been for three black bear cubs orphaned in Banff National Park.