Kananaskis Country

A look at the past week in photography in the Bow Valley as it appeared in the pages of the Rocky Mountain Outlook.

Kananskis Country is known for many things, but it's often not as well known for the surfing it offers for people on the Kananaskis River.

From Banff to Lake Louise and Canmore to Kananaskis, there are dozens of galleries and museums showcasing talented artists and history from across the country.

Exshaw Fire-Rescue and Canmore Fire-Rescue are battling a fire in the area of Lac des Arcs and Highway 1.

“If the SAEWA project is successful, we will be able to reduce that distance by 50 per cent for many municipalities and also have the ability for municipalities to have long-term budgeting for municipal works based on a dependent tipping fee at a facility that they actually have some control over. We can come up with a long-term dependable solution with predictable economic costs as well as environmental benefits.”

“We don’t know enough of what that would entail and we know it would mean additional resources, but we don’t know right now what those resources would be because we have to take some time to research what the most effective and efficient way of delivering the pass program regionally would be.”

The Calgary Region Airshed Zone – which includes Banff, Canmore and the MD of Bighorn – expanded its air quality monitoring with new sensors.

“It all wraps around planning. You have to be able to take care of yourself until we arrive."

“People are disappointed. I know residents … Have not supported this project since day one. They’ve always thought there are better alternatives that prioritize the needs of Calgary, as well as the needs of the surrounding communities,” Banff-Kananaskis MLA Miranda Rosin said.

“They were just areas where folks arriving under their own steam, cycling or walking, could pitch a tent for a night or two for a reasonable fee.”