Sustainability Solutions

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"This summer in Mountain View County, a rural area just north of Calgary, gas company Trident went bankrupt, leaving 4,700 orphan wells and hundreds of thousand...s in unpaid taxes in its wake. Bruce Beattie, the reeve of Mountain View, which has a population of about 13,000 people, told The Narwhal Trident’s sudden fall places a significant burden on the county. The county will be looking at a reduction of half a million dollars in our revenue from the oil and gas sector, Beattie said. He’s hopeful the county can survive the shock by tightening its belt. When you have 363-odd bridges, for example, to look after and 2,800 kilometres of roads - those numbers are significant, he said. That kind of an impact is definitely going to be felt at the municipal level. Mountain View is by no means alone."

Banff today has tattoo parlours, cannabis shops, high-end fashion outlets, bulk mail contractors and jewellery storeshardly the kinds of essential services Canadians need in order to benefit from, be educated about and enjoy our natural heritage. Kevin Van Tighem