Climate

Funds to be used for an affordable services program retrofit pilot, among others.

“Wildfire risk and evacuation issues are an extremely high level of concern in the community."

“On-It was very successful last summer and we’re doing a similar amount of service for this upcoming summer, with the potential addition of running a direct bus for a good portion of the summer from Calgary to Lake Louise.”

“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"