Vox Populi

Editor: Years ago, my spiritual teacher Imre Vallyon came to the Okanagan Valley in 1985 where he met an Indigenous man Yellow Bear. Imre gave him a copy of The Tribal Laws of the Children of Light by Shaman Chief Kitpou. It is the way of the peace

Editor: Having been faced with ever-increasing taxes and fees, I always wanted to know in more detail about the financial state the Town is in. This is inasmuch more after the Cougar Creek debris retention dam cost overrun of nearly $30 million, and

Editor: I have lived in Canmore since 2006 and streets, businesses, and houses get lovelier by the year. It is such a beautiful place to live except for 6 Street, which is an absolute eye-sore. There have been complaints to the Town about this well-used

Editor: I had the pleasure to revisit Canmore on Aug. 25. I resided in the Bow Valley from 1979 to 1989. I’d come to catch up with friends who live in Canmore and to play tennis on the renewed town courts. Great job on that, by the way. Afterwards, it

Editor: Kudos to Liricon Capital Limited and -Mount Norquay Ski Resort for their imaginative mathematics regarding responses to their latest survey and advertisement in the Aug. 17 Outlook. If “more than 800 Banffites responded” is equal to “80 per

Editor: As an old bike, I have to express myself. I feel that I'm discriminated against. You see e-bikes are taking over. They are getting all the attention and money. As an old bike, I go where they go. You see the ‘old timer’ who rides me refuses to

Editor: I am a registered Îyårhe Nakoda First Nation member writing in support of Chief Darcy Dixon's rebuking Ric McIver’s statement in the June 15, 2023 edition of the Outlook on constructing a dam on our land to help mitigate future flooding

Editor: When you come to Alberta and travel to the mountains, you often see the name Brewster tacked to the side of many buses. In fact, the name is synonymous with tourism in the Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper areas. On the Pursuit website, you can book

Editor: Yellowknife, Kelowna, Maui? Yellowknife and Kelowna were different. They had time to evacuate. Maui didn’t, nor might Banff in an orderly fashion. Shadowed by mountains, Banff sits at the bottom of a vertical cone. Responsible leaders hope for