Cathy Ellis

"The Town of Banff has done some deep energy retrofits in our own buildings, which has achieved cost savings for us in terms of our energy costs and reduced our greenhouse gas emissions, and so we want to be able to bring this to the broader community."

“It’s not the greatest cougar habitat out there, and we’ve got over a metre of snow, and ungulate density is fairly low in the winter time in that area."

“The applicant is requesting development permit approval to allow any of the proposed uses within the space to allow flexibility over the course of a year."

“We’ve postponed the commencement date for the bylaw, which does assist with their process of budgeting for their purchases for the year. I believe we have given an accommodation on that front.”

“Some kinds of avalanche problems can be here for a few days and they go away, or last a few weeks and then they go away, but these kinds of problems, which we call a deep persistent slab, it doesn’t go away, so that’s kind of the set up we have this winter.”

“I trust that everyone who watches this film will be truly touched and moved to the point where it will actually make a difference in their life."

“The use of solar electricity in municipal buildings saved 164 tonnes CO2e from our municipal emissions portfolio."

“In a wildfire, if you lose one house, it’s such a traumatic impact on the community and those people involved, and one house often leaves to more, and goes through a neighbourhood and has devastating personal, social and economic impacts."

“Every child in Canada can recognize a caribou from the iconic image engraved on our 25-cent coins."

“When the conservation officers investigated they realized that it was a wolf kill. It looked like a mule deer had been entirely consumed by five wolves.”