Stoney Nakoda

Three options have been presented to MD of Bighorn council for the Heart Creek pedestrian bridge, but only the first two are being pursued.

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

On May 11, Stoney Nakoda First Nation marched for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people who have lost their lives close to home and across the country.

“The biggest impact we will see is fewer ambulances out of the Bow Valley heading into Calgary. That is the key thing we are going to be watching.”

For two years during the First World War, the Bow Valley was home to one of the harshest internment camps in Canada, where hundreds were held for simply being born in a country Canada was at war with.

“We want to form a committee with a recruitment strategy. We would like a qualified representative from the Town of Canmore to help guide our recruitment strategy. We need to provide a community support network.”

“I’m not saying there isn’t COVID in Banff, but another relevant question is are people from Calgary going to the bathroom in Banff? If I were in Banff, I would still be careful.”

artsPlace is looking to adapt to changing times by focusing on three aspirations as part of its new strategic plan.

“Most of it is underwater. A little bit along the shoreline. It is actually owned by TransAlta, but it is in our boundary. It corrects an old change that should have been done years ago, to the 1940s or earlier, when the lake was formed.”