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Bus bucks a welcome boost

Bus bucks a welcome boost

If only affordable housing initiatives could gain the same traction buses have in our communities … Much like affordable housing, discussion of transit in the Bow Valley has come and gone for years and years and circled round and round (like the whee
Too many bears tempted by trees

Too many bears tempted by trees

Two stories within the Outlook pages this week illustrate two different aspects of the fruit trees in town issue.
All quiet on the election front

All quiet on the election front

While the federal government may be putting the clamps on all things Parks Canada during the present national election campaign, we have noticed the same can’t be said for campaign promises.
Is it time for fruit tree removals?

Is it time for fruit tree removals?

Several wildlife incidents this week illustrate very clearly that we humans do, indeed, share this valley with wildlife. In Banff, a pair of wolves took down a deer within the town boundary on Aug. 11, a black bear was killed on the CP tracks on Aug.
Don't widen the Parkway

Don't widen the Parkway

For those who believe Parks is going in the wrong direction with a $67 million project to widen Bow Valley Parkway and install bicycle-friendly wider shoulders, we have an easy solution.
Election campaigns underway again

Election campaigns underway again

And we’re off – again. To pretty much nobody’s surprise, Canadians are now being subjected to the longest election campaign in this country’s history. When Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off the campaign headed for an Oct.
Corridors back in the news

Corridors back in the news

In the past, we’ve alluded to the alleged Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times” as being one that suggests exactly the opposite.
Raining dollars as fall election looms

Raining dollars as fall election looms

While the Outlook recently featured some letters to the editor complaining about MP Blake Richard’s newsletters, we’d like to add a complaint of our own about some of the Conservative’s terminology and spending habits.
Hey NDP, what about Exshaw?

Hey NDP, what about Exshaw?

If our shiny new NDP provincial government is looking for a project it can really sink its teeth into to show it’s more a party of the people than the PC operation it ousted, officials need look no further than Exshaw.
Canmore makes housing move

Canmore makes housing move

Not too long ago, in this very space, we suggested the only way Banff and Canmore, as municipalities, would ever get out in front of the affordable housing issue that continues to plague both towns is if they take it upon themselves.
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