Vox Populi

Editor: To MP Blake Richards … Congratulations on your recent re-election as Member of Parliament. I am sure that your accumulated experience will serve well as you continue to represent the Banff-Airdrie riding.

Editor: I am proud and pleased to see that the Town of Canmore will appeal the Dead Man’s Flats ASP (RMO, Nov 19).

Editor: I’d like to address a letter to the editor last week where a writer endorses the rezoning in Peaks of Grassi. Why is housing targeted in this way? The real reason is most believe living costs in general are too expensive here in Canmore (i.e.

Editor: Regarding the Dead Man’s Flats Area Structure Plan: Mayor John Borrowman is quoted in last week’s Outlook: “It’s (filing an appeal) the only thing we (Canmore town council) can do when neighbouring municipalities approve development that we f

Editor: Re: Canmore to appeal Dead Man’s ASP Kudos to the Town of Canmore for standing up for regional wildlife movement in its appeal to the MD of Bighorn’s plans to compromise the Dead Man’s Flats wildlife underpass with industrial development.

Editor: I feel compelled to speak out in support of the re-zoning of the Urban Reserve in the Peaks of Grassi.

Editor: Two years ago, we watched helplessly from our yard as rampaging debris carried by Cougar Creek tugged away its banks, sweeping away landscaped pathways, benches, backyards, fences and decks … and the quiet security of its adjacent homeowners.

Editor: According to the 1998 settlement agreement, the Town and the developers agreed that the gross developable areas for pods 7 and 8 in Peaks of Grassi combined shall not exceed 45 acres, and that the density of pods 7 and 8 combined shall not ex

Editor: I am pleased to read that Marlo Raynolds has been appointed as a senior advisor with Environment Canada. He is clearly well qualified for this position, and I extend my congratulations to him. What a shame, however, that Mr.

Editor: Once again Canmore and the larger community needs to rally behind Canmore town council as it is forced to consider another application by the Lawrence Hill consortium to subdivide the narrow green space near Quarry Lake in the Peaks of Grassi