Cathy Ellis

Banff’s town council has made some changes to its dollar transfers to the municipality’s water and sewer savings accounts to allow time for the community to recover from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These programs supporting businesses have proven to help save jobs and sustain local economies during the roller-coaster of closures and restrictions necessary to protect the safety of our community."

“The Aster is already so highly sought out because of the opportunity to purchase at entry-level in Banff, which we know doesn’t happen often,” said Banff Mayor Corrie DiManno.

Incumbents Chip Olver, Ted Christensen and Grant Canning re-elected. Kaylee Ram, Barb Pelham and Hugh Pettigrew round out the council table.

“They backed away towards the community and the cougar followed them, coming as close as 30 feet."

“When people think of the Bow Valley, unless you’ve experienced food insecurity, not everyone is aware that it’s an issue."

Parks Canada is chopping down mountain ash trees to prevent hungry bears from getting an easy snack, while Canmore election candidates weigh in on the contentious fruit tree issue that has led to relocation of five bears so far this fall

“Since our body clock follows the sun and the sun is so delayed, it’s going to be really hard to get up and get out of bed and go to work in the morning,”  said Michael Antle, a circadian rhythm expert in Calgary.

“Stakeholders across the tourism industry reported revenue decreases anywhere from 40 per cent to 90 per cent as compared to a typical year,” according to a new report by NicholsApplied Management Inc.

“Over the past two years, visitation to Kananaskis Country has increased by 32 per cent,” said Tim Kulak, a spokesperson for AEP.