Vox Populi

Editor: I’d like to express my gratitude for the excellent Roam Bus service between Canmore and Banff. I’ve been using the service for the past couple of months four or five days a week and it’s been a pleasure.

Editor: In the article titled ‘Real estate rebounding’ in the Outlook (Jan.

Editor: Re.: Town of Canmore Interest Payments It took two weeks and a little to get an answer from the Town. The answer is, $1.16 million (to be precise $ 1,163,192 - no cents, likely rounded to the next dollar), “...

Editor: Re: Council’s credit card mentality. “If you don’t keep Government’s feet to the fire you will get bad Government” – Jesse Ventura, past governor of Minnesota.

Editor: It was Sunday night, probably around 6:30 p.m., when my girlfriend and I were on our way home from a New Year’s trip to Jasper. On our whole trip we were fortunate enough to see a total of 12 wolves from three different families.

Editor: Charges need to be laid against the owner of the off-leash dog in Banff that chased a deer to its death. Also in the case of the two photographers suspected of using food to bait wolves along the Bow Valley Parkway.

Editor: Having fun in the outdoors and having respect for our wild neighbours are two completely different things.

Editor: I am writing to you in response to your article about an incident on Jan. 5, 2014 in Banff National Park about photographers being suspected of baiting wolves with meat in order to get photographs.

Editor: According to Parks employee Steve Michel, a wolf was seen feeding on a “substantial amount of food. It appears to have been intentionally placed … for baiting wildlife.

Editor: The consternation about the deaths of two Bow Valley cougars two weeks ago is slowly fading.