Climate

“Essentially I see this as rolling out the red carpet for transit users,” said Mayor Corrie DiManno.

The program will help residents with upfront energy improvement costs and work toward advancing Banff’s climate goals.

“I believe all of those projects and budgets are completely worthwhile all the way from free local transit for residents to three hybrid electric buses, the Mountain Avenue transit lane, e-bike rebates and more frequency on our local and regional Canmore routes. … It’s going to help us continue to enhance and strengthening our sustainable transportation network.”

“I’m in a place where I’m now willing to take a leap of faith. I believe if we charge for the parkade, we’ll see more commuters use the train station and we’re going to see more folks wanting to park for longer at the train station,”

Banff & Lake Louise Tourism is removing ice sculptures that were recently carved for the Ice Magic festival in Lake Louise that have melted "beyond repair"

“Given the shallow, slow-moving water, the preceding cold snap and the stream conditions, the fish were most likely killed as a result of being trapped and isolated in pools during the rapid onset of extreme cold conditions."

“We’re being proactive in looking at any options to help with capacity and frequency,”

Western Canada's weather system this season is associated with a strong El Niño.

We live in a time of multiple environmental crises: global warming, natural resource depletion, pollution and biodiversity loss. Far from being unrelated, these environmental disasters share the same root cause.

Banff council has passed first reading of a bylaw to authorize the municipality to borrow $1.16 million from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the Clean Energy Improvement Program.