Opinion

As Christmas nears in the Bow Valley, we’d like to encourge everyone to chip in to make the season a festive one for everyone.

What is it going to take for certain dog owners to learn the critical lesson to keep your pets on leash when you are recreating in the Bow Valley? Yet again we have another example, and a fairly gruesome one, of the effects off-leash dogs have on ani

On the face of it, it seems pretty clear – Bow Valley communities are tourism hotspots. The idea that they be granted tourism destination status should be a no brainer.

As expected, the dollars are really piling up for mitigation efforts related to the June flood in the Bow Valley. Parks Canada is funneling $19.

First off, we’d like to point out that newsroom experience has generally shown that when a plan is put in place that tries to keep everyone happy by embracing the wants and needs of everyone – it rarely works out.

While Canada’s role in the Afghanistan war continues to wind down, with troops expected to be out of the country entirely by March of 2014, the Canadian Armed Forces will be less in the news.

Finally, some positive movement in reducing the number of bears killed on the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks that run through Banff National Park.

With $14 million being spent on short-term flood remediation work in Canmore’s Cougar Creek and the provincial government announcing $81 million in spending for flood-damaged provincial parks, we are now seeing the true scale of the cost of the June

It’s understandable that Banff council wants to see more financial detail in the Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission’s (BVRTSC) business plan; everybody wants to know where dollars are flowing.

This week, the Outlook really has to offer kudos to the majority of Canmore mayoral and council hopefuls for digging in and attending four all candidates’ forums in four days.