Vox Populi

Editor: Having fun in the outdoors and having respect for our wild neighbours are two completely different things.

Editor: I am writing to you in response to your article about an incident on Jan. 5, 2014 in Banff National Park about photographers being suspected of baiting wolves with meat in order to get photographs.

Editor: According to Parks employee Steve Michel, a wolf was seen feeding on a “substantial amount of food. It appears to have been intentionally placed … for baiting wildlife.

Editor: The consternation about the deaths of two Bow Valley cougars two weeks ago is slowly fading.

Editor: Re: MD of Bighorn Land Exchange Proposal The Dec. 19, 2013 edition of the Outlook carried an article titled: G8 Legacy manager urges MD to return to table (pg. 30).

Editor: It doesn’t matter who you speak to. Whether talking to a local or a visitor, eventually the conversation circles around to the treacherous streets of Banff and the lack of snow removal.

Editor: After reading the article Celebrity Bears, one can only conclude that Timothy Treadwell is alive and living in Banff.

Editor: Irene Brautigan’s lament about the lack of economic forecast in the Town of Canmore may contain some valid points but it includes a fundamentally false assumption.

Editor: I had a dream that Canmore’s car-free promenade set new standards in 2014. A road bypass and tunnel were built so that locals and guests could enjoy an attractive shopping and strolling avenue in the centre of town.

Editor: I have to agree with a recent post in the Calgary Herald from Mr. Don James (Carstairs, AB) re: “Cougar killer ‘made right decision,’” on Dec. 17.