Lake Louise

“They found what appeared to be the deceased person at the bottom of a cliff in that area."

EDITORIAL: The news of Canmore General Hospital having to shutter its operating room on weekends because of a staffing shortage is the latest wrench tossed at the region’s and province’s beleaguered healthcare system.

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

“We have about 9,000 residents [in Banff], who, in conjunction with our local businesses, pay the cost of those four million visitors flushing toilets and using wastewater treatment,” said Banff Mayor Corrie DiManno. “They pay for the thousands of hours of garbage collection and recycling sorting needed for the roads and sidewalks that support up to 40,000 people a day in the summertime.”

Many of the vehicles that caught on fire had only the frames remaining.

EDITORIAL: Discussing the lack of housing – specifically the affordable kind – in the Bow Valley can quickly sound like a broken record.

“Transit is essential for many purposes, including commuting to work, attending medical appointments, picking up groceries or travelling for recreational activities. It needs to be accessible for all, frequent, reliable and, of course, affordable.”

“Sadly, it is a fatality,” Cpl Madonna Saunderson of BC RCMP.

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley