Opinion

When visiting or roaming around the Bow Valley don’t you just love it when occasionally you catch a whiff from a local restaurant that is so tantalizing, so tempting, so mouth watering that you simply can’t pass it by? As a light breeze wafts over yo

Banff council, in our opinion, has done a disservice to its residents and businesses by failing to have a formal public discussion at this time on the idea of a quota system or cap for chain restaurants and stores.

A maniac, as generally described in dictionaries these days, might be considered as someone who is generally overzealous or inordinately enthusiastic about something. Taken further, a maniac might be described as a raving or violently insane person.

It seems that any time a bear gets close to Canmore – whoosh, it’s gone again. Wildlife officials this week trapped and relocated grizzly bear No. 105 and her three cubs, but they are not the first relocations so far this year.

Editor, This letter is to state my disapproval of the Canmore Nordic Centre’s decision to run not one, but two different races at their facility this past weekend.

OK Canmore, we know municipal byelections are probably the least sexy political race, but it is time again to get out and vote.

Not too many years ago, mobile phones that were available to the public were large, bulky units generally permanently installed in commercial vehicles to help the work world keep in touch.

So, to all outward appearances, it looks like Banff will soon have an off-leash dog park. Setting aside a small parcel of land as an area where dogs can run free occasionally, without the contraints of a leash, is no big deal – in other communities.

A grizzly bear killed on Highway 68, a wolverine killed on Highway 93… maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that long weekend traffic is responsible for the death of another pair of our iconic symbols of the wild.

With Mother Nature now blessing the valley with spring-like weather, except for the next couple of days, there is possibly no better sign the season has arrived than that bears are out of their dens and on the move.