Vox Populi

Saving, working hard and sacrificing much is unfortunately too often no longer enough for the many people who want to contribute to Canmore and make a life here.

Editor: Re: Feds approve Lake Louise guidelines, published in the Aug. 6 Outlook.

Editor: I pity the poor sod who might be thinking of running against Mayor Borrowman in two years’ time, what with the 2/3 page advertorial our current mayor is now running every week it seems (I sure hope it is the mayor’s personal salary and not th

Editor: Congratulations to the town of Canmore and all the organizers and volunteers on a job well done at this year’s folk fest. It was the first year that my family and I attended and we all enjoyed ourselves.

Editor: To park or not to park, that is the question. I was at our excellent downtown market the other Thursday and I couldn’t help noticing that the parking for this event has become an issue.

Editor: Does anyone remember the June 2013 flood and how destructive it was? The badly damaged houses along Cougar Creek? The destroyed homes in Exshaw? The disruption to the community? Of course we do.

Editor: I’d like to tell you about how I remember my friend Terry. I am sure he will hear me, as he always did. He not only heard me, but greeted me with the friendliest hug, saying “Hi, my old friend.

Editor: In response to Eileen Patterson’s letter, ‘Losing sense of place’ (RMO July 16), may I suggest there is, for a variety of reasons, no truly affordable home for some people.

Editor: As a former American CEO, I can attest that Canadians work hard, very hard, and are just as productive as Americans. But Canadians are being squeezed to death.

Editor: Since being an intervener in the 1992 Natural Resources Conservation Board’s hearing on Three Sisters Resorts, BowCORD has focused its main conservation efforts on protecting wildlife movement corridors and habitats in the Bow Valley, includi