Stoney Nakoda

“The bus showed up at the band office stop and the bus driver asked clients to provide tickets to get on. One of the clients did not have a ticket and got very upset. The driver told him he couldn’t come on and then he was punched in the face.”

While interest is high in implementing self-administered policing in Indigenous communities, Blake said “restrictive and discriminatory” practices in the system in Canada and a lack of research have made policing a challenging endeavour for Indigenous communities to pursue and sustain.

The ongoing transition or evening of the playing field between vehicles, cycling, pedestrians and public transit will continue for the foreseeable future in the Bow Valley and across the world. For several years, the majority of valley municipalities

“It’s brutal. We push our bodies to the limit. We suffer and we struggle, but it’s through that that we get the healing we need for ourselves and for our people.”

EDITORIAL: All councils have a fiduciary responsibility to their communities, but also the necessary authority and burden of leadership to guide master plans, guiding documents, bylaws and all high-level policies.

“These are my people, most of them young who will never have the opportunity to live their lives. We are related to all of them. This is clearly a health and safety issue for ISC Alberta Region.”

EDITORIAL: The future of vehicles will be electric. Though polarizing and seemingly far off, through legislation and policy by governments from across the world it’s not a matter of if but when the majority of drivers will have an electric vehicle.

A fire ban has been put in place for Kootenay and Yoho national parks.

The province is in the midst of its annual wildfire season and the Bow Valley is no exception.

“It takes some homes that are on wells or cisterns right now off truck-haul delivery and gets them tied into the water distribution system, which is much more reliable and safer in terms of potability.”