Opinion

Well, another year has passed in our Bow Valley and, as always, there have been successes and failures, highlights and lowlights. Overall, in our opinion, the affordable housing issue tops the list as falling into the failure/lowlight category.

As Christmas Day nears, and for the calendar-challenged it’s now unsettlingly close, we’d like to remind Bow Valley residents that our local charities still need help this holiday season.

We’re a little confused here. Perhaps some of you are as well.

Let there be light … Could it actually happen? Could many of the cyclists who seemingly embrace the Ninja style of stealthily riding in the dark – with no lights and while wearing dark clothes – actually give some thought to personal safety and add l

It isn’t a big stretch to imagine why Canmore’s elected officials approved a new budget process this year to consider two years at a time – it is sound fiscal advice to plan into the future.

As our municipal governments swing into action as far as setting their 2017 budgets go, the topic of money is everywhere, it seems.

Interesting, isn’t it, that this week the Outlook features stories about Canadian veterans who, over the past century, have often been charged with keeping the peace in nations far from home, and about a Syrian family forced to flee a war-torn nation

As our days shorten and we once again face the turning back of our clocks for the sake of questionable benefits related to Daylight Saving Time, Sunday (Nov.

Finally, it’s out there. At Banff council’s meeting on Monday (Oct. 24) the subject of Parks Canada’s 2017 free pass program was thrown out there in the public domain.

Wow, let’s get this flood debris retention structure under construction already.