Opinion

With $14 million being spent on short-term flood remediation work in Canmore’s Cougar Creek and the provincial government announcing $81 million in spending for flood-damaged provincial parks, we are now seeing the true scale of the cost of the June

It’s understandable that Banff council wants to see more financial detail in the Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission’s (BVRTSC) business plan; everybody wants to know where dollars are flowing.

This week, the Outlook really has to offer kudos to the majority of Canmore mayoral and council hopefuls for digging in and attending four all candidates’ forums in four days.

With much talk of millions or billions of dollars being tossed around in relation to recuperating from June flooding in Alberta, the announcement of $8.46 million for Bow River Lodge in Canmore is welcome news.

Each time an election rolls around here in the valley, the Outlook urges citizens to get out there, take in a candidates’ forum or two, read campaign literature, discuss issues near to your heart when hopefuls knock on your door and, finally, make an

While municipalites aren’t in the business of throwing money around as their provincial and federal political counterparts are willing to do, Canmore’s council made the right call in spending $1.

Third party private contractors are not a new phenomenon for government agencies to hire in order to perform work or provide services in our day and age. Canmore, for example, hires companies to plow its roads and provide photo radar.

There was a time in Canmore when the term “development” was a dirty word, spoken with disdain and steadfastly pooh-poohed by those opposed to the idea of building any more homes in the community.

Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen and Councillor Leslie Taylor hit the nail on the head last week when it comes to how the public approaches council for a say in matters being dealt with.

Anyone still smarting over the chopping of $600,000 by Covenant Health to the Banff Mineral Springs Hospital’s St.