MD of Bighorn

"The idea for regional transportation is not lost but there are urgent and important priorities that supersede transportation needs right now."

"There is no formal process for evaluating requests to rescind a Provincial Historic Resource designation ... Designations have historically only been rescinded when a resource has been profoundly compromised."

"It has been requested by the Stoney Nakoda Nation that the historic designation be rescinded and we are awaiting the province to get back to us."

Thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Alberta Community Partnership program, 11 potential sites were identified last year with the Newell Regional Landfill recently announced at the top contender. 

"The fact the funding was cut was a bit of a surprise and really unfortunate."

Following an appeal filed to the MD of Bighorn subdivision and development appeal board, the committee heard mixed reactions Tuesday (Feb. 18) night from Stoney Nakoda elders and residents to whether the McDougall Church should be restored or not.

Communication, cooperation, decision-making and dispute resolution – Those are some of the key policies outlined in the recently approved Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) between the MD of Bighorn and Town of Canmore that has been two years in the making.

With the cost of processing building permits coming in higher than the revenues they bring in, the MD of Bighorn has chosen to stop delivering the service altogether and landowners looking for building permits will now have to go through an accredited agency instead

Several companies trash have turned into a valley treasure as the Bow Valley Waste Commission will be banking more than $1 million surplus for the 2019 fiscal year.

The Stoney Nakoda band has been trying to convey its position that the provincial historic site designation should only be renewed if the historic significance of the site is recognized from the viewpoint of the Stoney Nakoda people and not just from the viewpoint of settler society, the Christian church and the McDougall Stoney Mission Society – with letters of concern sent as early as March 2019.