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Trail etiquette needed

Trail etiquette needed

Editor: I have ridden the Legacy Trail a dozen times this summer. I have felt relatively safe most times that I have ridden the trail. Most users stay to the right of the trail as they would if they were driving a vehicle on the road.
Highway bear deaths avoidable

Highway bear deaths avoidable

Editor: Another long weekend has come and gone and most of us who used Alberta’s highways arrived safe and sound at home.
Thank you Canmore

Thank you Canmore

Editor: Another Canmore Folk Music Festival has come and gone. By all accounts it was a huge success. Thank you to all our volunteers, our sponsors, the Town of Canmore and the people of Canmore.
Bridge is discriminatory

Bridge is discriminatory

Editor: People living with disabilities are being discriminated against by the Town of Banff regarding the location and access for the proposed sewer bridge.
Legacy Trail ends with dangerous transition

Legacy Trail ends with dangerous transition

Dear Editor, On Aug. 3 at 3:15 p.m. I was driving from Banff to Canmore and had just passed the Park gates. I was driving cautiously because there were cyclists ahead of me on the shoulder and sometimes people do strange things.
Other solutions to wildlife feeding

Other solutions to wildlife feeding

Editor: If I was hungry, or maybe even just curious… when you came into MY HOME, where I sleep, where I eat, where my family was raised – and to my home you brought a delicious smelling pot roast, and a scrumptious looking chocolate cake (I love choc
No walkway at Icefields

No walkway at Icefields

Editor: As with thousands of other people, we are very concerned that a walkway as proposed by Brewster Canada is even being considered by Parks Canada.
Urging first reading

Urging first reading

Editor: I would like to appeal to the residents of the Bow Valley who are concerned about the community of Banff and the image it is representing to the rest of our global community to write to chip.olver@banff.
Must calm bears die?

Must calm bears die?

OPINION Kevin Van Tighem Canmore If there was a community anywhere that cared about the well-being of Alberta’s grizzly population, one would think that ours would be at the top of the list.
Bow River not 'just a float'

Bow River not 'just a float'

Editor: It must be the warm weather that is bringing out the inexperienced people to try their luck floating down the Bow. I see the article in last week’s Outlook, “Dangerous Bow River logjam claims…” A couple more wrecks on the Bow.
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