Vox Populi

Editor: I want to commend Canmore IAFF President Dan Irvine for bringing Canmore’s new struggles with Fire and EMS provision to everyone’s attention.

Editor: I’m deeply troubled by the federal decision to approve the Glacier Discovery Walk.

Editor: Poverty is an economic issue. More than being only about the financial plight of those experiencing poverty, it is a financial issue for everyone. It costs all of us more to live with poverty in our society than it does to eradicate it.

Editor: Since as early as 1986, the number of caribou has decreased drastically. Some 10 years back, Parks Canada held an open house with a wildlife biologist presenting and confirming the decline of the herds.

Editor: With regard to Renae Elliott’s letter in the Feb. 16 issue of the Outlook. I honestly wish after two decades I did not feel compelled to write (yet another) letter to the editor regarding this (what should easily be) enforceable issue.

Editor: Re: proposed Muskrat Street pedestrian bridge Banff Town council has approved and is moving forward on a pedestrian bridge/sewage line hider that will extend from the end of Muskrat Street to Glen Avenue on the south side of the Bow River to

Editor: Re: Brewster viewpoint By approving the sale of a Columbia Icefield viewpoint to a foreign corporation, Minister Kent and Parks Canada have established a significant precedent.

Editor: Over the last few weeks I have been riding my horse on the Marsh Loop Trail along the river and by the Cave and Basin. Every time I have gone out I have encountered dogs.

Editor: The Bow Valley Clean Air Society (BVCAS), thinks the time has come to install modern roundabouts on Railway Avenue. Now is the time to install these devices.

Editor: Blake Richards, our man in Ottawa, has over the past few weeks been soliciting input for the upcoming federal budget, and of late the prime minister, on his trip to Davos, has been lamenting the burden that will be inflicted upon the nation w