Real Estate

LETTER: Actually, most whistles disappeared with the demise of steam locomotives, unless CPKC Rail was running the empress on a special trip. Nowadays, diesel-electric engines use electric horns. Same purpose, different way of doing it.

LETTER: I encourage Canmore residents to request council to reconsider its preliminary support of the program.

LETTER: It’s been almost five years since Canmore as implemented the Vanlife – also known as the Safe Park program – and we are still dealing with a shortage of (underpaid) employees in the community. How is that possible?

“I’m really excited about new opportunities and new direction that we are going to explore. … I’m excited for people to come to the public hearing and express their concerns and help us as best we can deal with those concerns,”

Council has passed first reading of a land use bylaw amendment to increase residential density, with a fundamental shift in philosophy centred around the number of dwellings on a site rather than what form they take.

Canmore Community Housing is looking for a new executive director for the second time in a 13-month span.

A 4.5-hour public hearing on a proposed redevelopment plan for Banff's railway lands saw up to 25 speakers and 90 letter writers – both for and against the proposal.

“There’s a community benefit with increasing the amount of affordable housing,”

COMMENTARY: When we understand housing as a human right, we acknowledge that decent, affordable housing is the responsibility of all levels of government and civil actors in society. Everyone deserves to live in dignity and security and have a place to call home.

LETTER: I find the lack of detail on how Canmore property assessments are carried out perplexing.