Banff

"We are thrilled to have the rainbow pathway return," said Banff resident and Pride volunteer Jeffrey Carpenter. "It is a vibrant, physical expression of our town's diversity and inclusion of its residents and visitors that can be appreciated year round." 

Councillor Peter Poole is calling on the polluter to pay for the cleanup of contaminated soil – Parks Canada

“We know we have to be cautious that from time to time there’ll be interest groups wanting the Town to sell our souls. Our citizens don’t want us to sully our reputation, so we’ve created something that will avoid this.”

"It was very humbling. Way on top of the ridge, you could feel it – 200 years ago, this is where the buffalo roamed and we were in our ancestor's footsteps."

While advocates struggle to remove racist terms and restore traditional names across the Bow Valley, Parks Canada has quietly changed an offensive trail name in Banff National Park

“It is interesting in our history that not feeding wildlife is such a pertinent part of our community, and yet somehow we get to be the council, we get to be the Grinches that say bird-feeders will potentially and probably have to go.”

“The die off of Jasper’s entire Maligne caribou population is a tragic, predictable result of decades-long habitat and wildlife errors."

“We have spent $300,000 on this sign and moving it will certainly come at a cost. I am certainly not prepared to spend any more money on this sign and have it relocated," Coun. Brian Standish

“We have a responsibility to our business community to think of how we avoid a likely lockdown,” said Banff councillor Peter Poole

Parks Canada members will see a 2.8 per cent wage increase in year one, followed by 2.2 per cent and 1.35 per cent increases the following two years respectively, if the tentative agreement is ratified