Stoney Nakoda

“I’m not saying there isn’t COVID in Banff, but another relevant question is are people from Calgary going to the bathroom in Banff? If I were in Banff, I would still be careful.”

artsPlace is looking to adapt to changing times by focusing on three aspirations as part of its new strategic plan.

“Most of it is underwater. A little bit along the shoreline. It is actually owned by TransAlta, but it is in our boundary. It corrects an old change that should have been done years ago, to the 1940s or earlier, when the lake was formed.”

The Banff Canmore Community Foundation (BCCF) announced its 2022 community grants to 26 Bow Valley organizations for a total of just under $140,000 in grants.

A proposed change to the visitor accommodation bylaw in the MD of Bighorn will have to wait a few weeks longer as council looks to get more information from administration.

After 27,700 kilometres by foot, raft, kayak and bicycle from South America to North America, the women behind Her Odyssey are preparing for the last leg of their journey to the Arctic in Banff.

“We’re always keeping an eye out for are people happy? Are they satisfied? How can we improve their visitor experience? What can we do differently? And generator noise has been coming up more.”

“We feel like tourists. We don’t feel like we are being treated like neighbours and part of a community. We feel like we are being treated like the rest of the world who come to visit Canmore.”

“The agreement allows us to have access to the wind power that TransAlta is generating off its assets. We anticipate that will cover between 40 and 50 per cent of the energy demands of the facility depending on production volumes.”