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Play a role in safe driving

Play a role in safe driving

Editor: Finally, it seems, the summer weather is upon us. And as we all know, with warmer weather comes the onslaught of traffic that zooms along our crowded highways, parkways, and residential streets.
Requesting closure notice

Requesting closure notice

Editor: The following is a copy of a letter that was sent to the chief administrative officer at the Town of Canmore. Sunday morning, July 1, I finished work at 11 a.m. and headed home.
Questioning the brand

Questioning the brand

Editor: Only one comment to make about the proposed new brand for Canmore. How is it that the very thing that brings so many to this area is absolutely absent from the list of different sectors illustrated in the town’s Go Beyond? (p.
Traffic ticket an embarrassment

Traffic ticket an embarrassment

Editor: On a recent visit to Radium in search of sunshine, we met a very nice British couple and, assuming we were also tourists they asked where we were from. We told them Canmore; “Lovely Canmore” as we always refer to our hometown.
Fine print shortened election run

Fine print shortened election run

Editor: I apologize for not being present during this recent byelection. I am not one to remain on the bench and keep from entering conversation or debate.
Dissatisfied with government

Dissatisfied with government

Editor: I applaud Maggie Nelson for outlining some of the proposed amendments laid out in the federal budget and read it with interest.
Just say "no"

Just say "no"

Editor: There seems to be an awful lot of people in favour of changing our existing stoplights to roundabouts. Roundabouts are an excellent idea when built properly and before any existing structures have been erected.
Centre good bet for climbing

Centre good bet for climbing

Editor: Re: Climbing Cash Approved. I wonder if all options to resolve this have really been explored. There is another gym right here in the Bow Valley, at The Banff Centre, that wouldn’t have required any taxpayer money to use.
Bill C-38 about resource extraction

Bill C-38 about resource extraction

Editor: I’m glad we finally got a peep out of our MP Blake Richards on Bill C-38 (the omnibus budget bill), even if it was just in the form of a carefully scripted, partisan letter to the editor.
Hutch you will be missed

Hutch you will be missed

Editor: Since you left Hutch, without so much as a goodbye, (I’m seriously still a bit mad about that), I have a few things to thank you for.
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