Banff

“There’s no sign of a new male as far as I know, but I’d guess they’ll meet someone new before breeding season in January,” said wolf advocate and wildlife photographer John Marriott

The new funding, known as the Municipal Operating Support Transfer (MOST), comes in three separate funding envelopes – $414,747 for transit, $903,674 for general operating and $4.69 million related to tourism –  for a total of just over $6 million

“If you live in Banff, the process would be to register your licence plate once a year and then you’d be eligible to park anywhere in the residential parking permit zone, as well as for those three hours downtown."

“They are effectively unprotected and subjected to high risks of mortality from hunting and trapping outside the park boundaries, and even highway and railway mortality inside Banff National Park.”

For opening day, Mt. Norquay will be operating the Cascade Chair, with the Cascade Lodge accessible to guests

In the past week, Canmore has declared a COVID-19 outbreak, reported its first death and lost symptomatic testing in town

“We do live within the national park and feeding wildlife in the national park isn’t permissible. "I don’t think we can physically legalize bird-feeders within the Town of Banff."

While he may not have his own TV show, or white lab coat and safety goggles, Wild Life Distillery co-founder Keith Robinson recently taught Grade 8 students at Banff Elementary School about the scientific principles behind producing hand sanitizer

“We’ve got to stop making concessions to ourselves and start leaning a lot harder towards making the hard choices that responsible stewardship demands. We have no right to make animals extinct.”

“This is about long-term sustainability of our community and it’s going to be a watershed moment for so many people in this town that will be able to become homeowners and will be able to stay here.”