Vox Populi

Editor: Mayor and Council, The Banff Senior Citizens Society executive has been asked by its members to bring the following concerns to Council about the closure of Banff Avenue the past few summers.

It would be nice if we helped wildlife out, designing future vegetation management to not only protect our communities from fire, but create the sort of diverse and open natural landscapes that benefit many of the wildlife species we care about.

I was discouraged to learn about Town of Canmore council’s decision to vote against the development of employee housing in industrial areas, especially after such significant support coming from the business community and the community at large.

Editor: Years ago, my spiritual teacher Imre Vallyon came to the Okanagan Valley in 1985 where he met an Indigenous man Yellow Bear. Imre gave him a copy of The Tribal Laws of the Children of Light by Shaman Chief Kitpou. It is the way of the peace

Editor: Having been faced with ever-increasing taxes and fees, I always wanted to know in more detail about the financial state the Town is in. This is inasmuch more after the Cougar Creek debris retention dam cost overrun of nearly $30 million, and

Editor: I have lived in Canmore since 2006 and streets, businesses, and houses get lovelier by the year. It is such a beautiful place to live except for 6 Street, which is an absolute eye-sore. There have been complaints to the Town about this well-used

Editor: I had the pleasure to revisit Canmore on Aug. 25. I resided in the Bow Valley from 1979 to 1989. I’d come to catch up with friends who live in Canmore and to play tennis on the renewed town courts. Great job on that, by the way. Afterwards, it

Editor: Kudos to Liricon Capital Limited and -Mount Norquay Ski Resort for their imaginative mathematics regarding responses to their latest survey and advertisement in the Aug. 17 Outlook. If “more than 800 Banffites responded” is equal to “80 per

Editor: As an old bike, I have to express myself. I feel that I'm discriminated against. You see e-bikes are taking over. They are getting all the attention and money. As an old bike, I go where they go. You see the ‘old timer’ who rides me refuses to