AMPPE joined stakeholders and First Nations at Parks Canada’s annual Banff Planning Forum. Superintendents Rasheed and Masse requested input for the Lake Louise Community Plan and provided updates on the 2020 Banff Park Management Plan and 2024 priorities. Key highlights for members: Transit Visitor Use Management Infrastructure Improvement Lake Louise Area plan Updates on other […]
Lack of adequate funding for bike lanes to Canada’s most visited tourist destination On January 23, 2023, the federal government announced welcome funding for upgrades to Lake Louise Road in Banff National Park after repeated requests over decades. The upgrades announced were to accommodate improvements for emergency response, transit infrastructure, private vehicles, and cyclists. However, […]
People visiting and living in and around Banff will be better served with improvements to transit services as well as to notable local cultural and essential service buildings after a combined investment of more than $13 million from the federal government and municipal partners. Read more
This fall, AMPPE will be heading to Ottawa again to bring members concerns to decision-makers. While Parks Canada is set on expanding the number of National Parks (including urban national parks) infrastructure is crumbling in existing parks and Field Units continue to see operational budgets shrink. In the 2023-24 budget, the Parks Canada Agency 2023-24, […]
Starved by the slow summer news cycles in Ottawa, political observers and media got their fill of news on July 26th when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made significant changes to his cabinet. Few topics have been more speculated on since Canada’s parliament went on summer break than what a cabinet shuffle would look like. The […]
AMPPE recently attended a presentation and discussion on the hot-button topic of wildlife coexistence with recreation, particularly mountain biking, in the Bow Valley. We were keen to participate in this discussion that featured speakers from Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y), a wildlife biologist and the Canmore and Area Mountain Bike Association (CAMBA), as the Y2Y has […]
AMPPE held a workshop in Jasper on April 17, to identify members’ top concerns and ideas. While many issues were mentioned, members unanimously pointed to issues along Icefields Parkway as having the greatest impact on their businesses, recreational aspirations, and the town in general. Frustrations over avalanche and road maintenance, a lack of cell service, […]
Beyond the Ballot:Alberta 2023 Election Update May 23, 2023 We have arrived at the final full week of the election campaign. Between now and election day, parties will be focused on getting their supporters to the ballot box for advanced polling. Here are insights into the politics and policy in this instalment of the Global […]
Tim moved to the mountain over 25 years ago and has not looked back since. With a deep passion for skiing and climbing you can find him out in the hills most days. Tim spent 14 seasons working as a ski patroller and avalanche forecaster at several Rockies ski resorts and worked as an ITP instructor for the […]
Last month AMPPE was pleased to be present as Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, as he announced funding for infrastructure upgrades to the tune of $71 million. The funding that was announced last week is part of a larger $557M funding envelope that was released in November, 2022. […]