Cathy Ellis

“I’ve got to say, for the most part, Banff residents have been really good at following the rules, but we still are receiving the occasional complaint."

“It’s very clear and they have every intent of enforcing the rules; no parking on highways and the shoulders.”

“We identified housing as the number one priority for staff on temporary lay-off, because we wanted to make sure that they’d have a place to stay that they could still afford,” said Gordon Lozeman, president and CEO of Banff Lodging Co.

“Half of Albertans also oppose the announcement to transfer facilities and [have the] management of parks removed from the system to third parties and reduce government services,  such as the closure of two popular visitor centres in Kananaskis and ending cross-country track setting in three areas in Kananaskis."

“This particular request is directed to landlords to try to prevent an unnecessary housing crisis from occurring. What we don’t want to see is people losing their housing because they can’t make rent during this emergency."

“Toilets are not trash cans. If you flush anything, but toilet paper and human waste, it will cause major problems,” said Paul Godfrey, the municipality’s director of operations.

“Parking is not permitted on highways and roadways and Parks Canada will be collaborating with local police forces or the RCMP to enforce parking restrictions."

Parks Canada shuts down public access in national parks; Canmore declares state of local emergency

“This is a public safety issue. There is the real concern of immediate impact on the level of response for incidents on the Trans-Canada Highway."

Banff property owners can defer their property tax payments after town council voted to allow suspension of monthly payments in light of COVID-19, while the province of Alberta has has cancelled its increase to the education tax levy that was approved with the UCP's 2020 budget earlier this month