Climate

“It is the single most crucial part of the entire equation.”

“Whether you’re a household, a municipality, a private business, we’re all facing the same cost increases. …  I think we’re lucky we’re well set financially to weather any storm over the next couple of years. We’ve set ourselves well for success."

Mobility hubs, improving public transit and reducing private vehicle use are among the eight recommendations made by an expert panel on how to help people get and travel to the Bow Valley and Banff National Park.

“Because it is a quality of life issue for some of our residents, it’s important we address it sooner than later and at least have answers for them,”

“Part of with the building code is it’s a waiting game to see what the province does and then we can see what’s potentially in our purview to support that despite or alongside what is adopted in the province."

The Town of Banff has trapped and relocated 160 Columbian ground squirrels from the two local cemeteries over the past five years.

“It’s part of our coexistence with wildlife and meeting our climate change goals and priorities to be better handle and better deal with food waste… helps us go a long way in making sure we’re not part of the problem and we’re contributing to the solution."

“It was an awesome October for weather and folks chose to come to the mountains and take advantage of that."

“Compliance has been amazingly strong and I do want to give a big shout-out to the business community for being so diligent in keeping their doors closed,” said Michael Hay, manager of environment and sustainability for the Town of Banff.

“I had the expectation that the numbers were probably stable, so I was pretty surprised when we realized how bad it is."