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LETTER: Privatization should be looked at if services are improved

LETTER: Privatization should be looked at if services are improved

Editor: In regards to the letter “privatization of public services should be avoided” in the June 15 Outlook, my main reason for writing is to address the drama in his last paragraph. There is much in the earlier part of his letter that I disagree with
LETTER: Helping the environment in the Bow Valley

LETTER: Helping the environment in the Bow Valley

Editor: Canadians produce approximately 31 million tons of garbage a year. This is simply not sustainable. We need to look for ways to reduce making so much garbage and pair this with community-level, national and global environmental initiatives for
LETTER: Dispelling myths from 2013 floods

LETTER: Dispelling myths from 2013 floods

Editor: It has now been 10 years since the famous flood of 2013, and much has been learned, but, perhaps predictably, misinformation is being circulated about what happened then. If we ever hope to deal with the much bigger floods we can expect in an
LETTER: B&B's not to blame

LETTER: B&B's not to blame

Editor: I am responding to the May 8 Outlook article on bed and breakfasts yet another time being blamed for the housing crisis in Banff. The housing crisis in Banff has been going on for well over a 100 years.
LETTER: Privatization of public services should be avoided

LETTER: Privatization of public services should be avoided

Editor: The people of the Bow Valley and Alberta deserve to know the real truth about Privatization. Studies conducted throughout the world over the past 50 years have consistently shown at no time has privatization of government-owned goods, services
LETTER: Fireworks only one risk for wildlife

LETTER: Fireworks only one risk for wildlife

Editor: It’s interesting to listen to elected officials and their reasoning for ending fireworks displays. After some investigation, many internet articles suggest the risk of fire hazard during professionally run displays is less than minimal. In
LETTER: More priority needed on water conservation

LETTER: More priority needed on water conservation

Editor: Receiving the emergency notification June 9 to restrict all non-essential water use has brought me to wonder whether it is not high time for the Town of Canmore and EPCOR to work together to develop a more comprehensive and strategic water
LETTER: Perpetual growth means more 'climate trauma'

LETTER: Perpetual growth means more 'climate trauma'

Editor: As Albertans and Canadians, we should be demanding leaders capable of connecting the dots between unlimited growth, climate trauma, wildfires, droughts, and the declining state of our planet. In Canmore, the shortest and lightest mountain
LETTER: Advice, guidance on wildfire smoke

LETTER: Advice, guidance on wildfire smoke

Editor: I am writing to provide some information about air quality in the Bow Valley during wildfire smoke events. For more than 20 years, the Bow Valley Clean Air Society (BVCAS) has been researching, monitoring and engaging local residents and
LETTER: Many thanks from election workers

LETTER: Many thanks from election workers

Editor: Many thanks to Danielle of Fergie's Bakery and Convenience for providing election workers at The Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Rockies with two big boxes of baked goods at suppertime. At that point, we had been working for about eleven hours