Opinion

While foreshadowing can be a very useful device when it comes to laying out a novel plot or movie script, we hope the court case related on page 1 is not a harbinger of things to come for the 2017 free pass season within our national parks.

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Housing … Are you tired of seeing and/or hearing the word? Well, we at the Outlook are wearying of it as well, but, being that it’s a subject that won’t go away any time soon, we feel continuing comment is needed.

Interesting, isn’t it, how public transit continues to be the answer to traffic and parking problems in our valley? And with free Parks passes for all this year, a move that has caused consternation in this valley as to just how many visitors may tak

Now that the five-year, $1 million CP/Parks Canada study into grizzly bear mortality on mountain park rails is complete, are you feeling a tad underwhelmed by the result? Join the club.

Being that groups powered by volunteers in the Bow Valley often struggle to remain vibrant and effective these days, we’ll give a tip of the hat to the six people who stepped up to create a chamber of commerce for the valley.

One wonders, particularly after Canmore council’s public hearing in relation to the old daycare lands on Tuesday (Jan. 17), whether our municipal leaders are approaching burnout of some sort.

While not specifically a local matter, we feel some comment on the latest wolf situation is called for. The Bow Valley, after all, is a home for wolves, much like bears, cougars and all manner of other wildlife.

The last week or so has certainly been filled with events of import here in our Bow Valley.

While not on the disaster scale of the 2013 flood, it was reassuring to see how our valley fire departments contributed through their mutual aid responsibilities in battling the Dec. 29 fire at the Mount Royal Hotel in Banff.