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Fix the roads

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Doctor !

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Stop Robbery Our Seniors Our Children

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Self compassion !  Thru stress and politics in this town !

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Self compassion !  Thru stress and politics in this town !

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Free Workshops to enhance Knowledge of death and dying , suicide awareness elder abuse grief hospice care

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Volunteer jobs to include developmentally challenged adults

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In Huntsville and Bancroft there is space available for rent on an hourly or daily basis for small business to have an address and set up their business when they need an office for an hour or occasionally. Maybe if the Chamber of Commerce sets up here a room in the building can be used for this purpose. I think they were talking about the Resource Center being used for the Chamber

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The Coworking Takeover PILOT is a collaboration project with High River, Alberta fuelling entrepreneurial ambition by fostering an environment where people have ideas and act on them.

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Donkey Baseball

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Talent Night

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How did you come live here? Why do you choose to stay?

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How did you come live here? Why do you choose to stay?

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We hear lots about the reasons people leave, but tell me a little bit about why you choose to stay here? What are the benefits?

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There are some people who are interested in opening up the old train bed from Whitney in to the park and connect up with the existing biking/hiking trail system and ultimately have it opened up from Whitney to Kearney. This could have some great potential for businesses at either end of the trail

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A group that meets to discuss health topics to share ideas on healthy eating and exercise, To support each other with weight loss

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Good Doctors Medical Clinics in Ontario, Canada

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Challenging the Business Association

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Reveal your Talents

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Puzzlers

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We want to see ...

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Host Competitions

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Vending Machines

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I hear a lot about how there aren't enough opportunities for kids/teens/young adults in the community. Has anyone ever heard of this program? I put my 2 kids through it and as a parent I found it really important in building skills and self-esteem. I'd like to see a formal connection to the program here for any kid in the area who wants to participate.

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What kind of world record do you think South Algonquin could set? Something that would involve a lot of people and be a claim to fame? The article below is about Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, who used to hold the title for World's biggest moose statue. Norway recently stole the honour. A friendly rivalry can really ramp up community spirit, and tourism!

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Dear god Norway, first Australia, now you?

Why the hell do we have all these countries trying to step to Canada and take away the only real thing we have-our massive, Earth-shattering size. As Canada's premier defender of our throbbing bulge, our most adamant and hard-nosed supporter of our girth, I am here to say: back down, Norway-you don't want none of this.

What's this rather feisty Canadian boy going on about, you wonder. Well, let me clear it up to you- Norway holds the title for the world's biggest moose statue and that's bullshit. I'm here to set the record straight.

Originally, and rightfully, the world's biggest moose was held in the Saskatchewan town of Moose Jaw-a very poetic home for the world's largest moose, right? Proud and rippling with muscles, the ten-metre tall Mac the Moose (points for the name but you forgot the K) welcomed visitors to Moose Jaw and allowed drivers to mumble to their passengers the nice tidbit of trivia that, "you know that's the biggest moose statue in the world?" But then a Norwegian sculptor-an artistic terrorist of the highest order-decided that she would shit all over Moose Jaw's pride and joy and built a statue called "Storelgen" in Oslo so they could steal Mac's title.

They built it the ugly-as-sin Storelgen in 2015 and it hurt then like it hurts now, but just recently a couple of comedians reminded us that we're Canadians -we, not Norway, are the long and thick kings of moose-related art. We need to remember that now, because of Norway, all Moose Jaw holds is simply an above average moose and we're not-WE ARE NOT-going to stand for this international act of aggression (a four-year-old act of aggression, yes, but still.)

Because of you, Norway, the fine people of Moose Jaw went from living in the town with the world's biggest moose to just living in Saskatchewan-do you know how brutal that is? How dare you cuck the fine Moose Javians like this, Norway?

HOW DARE YOU!

Look, do I need to break down why you mustn't dare pretend to be bigger than us?

According to Google-I'm not giving Norway the proper respect of looking up their information on anything but Google-Norway is 385,203 square kilometres. Well, Canada is [cocky little chuckle] Canada is 9.985 million square kilometres. Yeah, makes you seem pretty small in comparison, huh? When people see Canada's size they go weak at the knees and their eyes go wide and mutter under their breath, "goddamn, that's a huge country." When Switzerland is trading with you they're thinking of us and our wide open fields and the fact we're so girthy we stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

What even do you have Norway? Some fish cuisine, sure, but what after that? What do you even have that could touch us, the ruler of the bulky? Sure, Norway may not have fucked up their oil wealth as we have, but who cares about little things like the economy? Everything I could find that was neat about Scandinavia was out of Sweden- we're still cool Sweden, just don't make like a giant beaver or something -like... you have nothing and whatever you do we do it better.

You have pickled herring and we have back bacon. You have Mats Zuccarello, we have Connor McDavid. (Editor's note: Mats Zuccarello has appeared in 47 more NHL playoff games than Connor McDavid, with 31 points compared to McDavid's nine.) Hell, just Newfoundland has more moose than your entire country. Google tells me your biggest movie star is a man named Aksel Hennie who I assume maybe works the door at one of Ryan Gosling's or Ryan Reynolds' (that's right, we got both Ryans) house parties. What's even your best band, A-Ha? That's cute, maybe if they need a confidence boost they can borrow a platinum record from the hundreds of records that Nickelback, the pride of Hanna, Alberta, has set.

So, you know what, Norway? You just keep your giant moose, it's not like we're overcompensating for something.

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Norway Beat Canada's Largest Moose World Record-This Means War

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Dear god Norway, first Australia, now you? Why the hell do we have all these countries trying to step to Canada and take away the only real thing we have-our massive, Earth-shattering size. As Canada's premier defender of our throbbing bulge, our most adamant and hard-nosed supporter of our girth, I am here to say: back down, Norway-you don't want none of this.

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South Algonquin is a great place to live, but difficult to meet people when you arrive. Would love to have a group that brings a plant/loaf of bread and an info book, including ways & places to connect.

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Santa Claus Parade III
Downtown Downtown

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Fundraiser to enable quick response ie)
fire , etc
Support Services for driving to and from medical apts ,
locally run !

Food bank ! Not everyone is as fortunate

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A New Mayor !

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CASSELMAN - Twenty minutes before nominations for the Casselman mayoral race were set to close on the afternoon of July 27, candidate Daniel Lafleur received a surprising phone call.

It was from Claude Levac, who from 2010 to 2014 was mayor of the francophone village (population 3,500) 60 kilometres southeast of Ottawa. He had previously announced his intention to run for office again, but now he was notifying Lafleur that he would be dropping out of the race. That left Lafleur - a sitting councillor - and the current mayor, Conrad Lamadeleine, as the only two candidates.

Then Lamadeleine, who was starting to think it might be time for him give up the chain of office he had worn for 24 of the past 33 years, called Lafleur into his office and asked the councillor, "Rich or poor, will you be fair with every class? Will you be honest with everything and wear their shoes for a minute before you give them an answer?"

"He said, 'I will do that,'" Lamadeleine says. "And I said, 'If you do that I will let you be mayor of Casselman.'"

No other candidates came forward - so this November, Lafleur will be acclaimed mayor of Casselman.

In the provincewide municipal elections on October 22, hundreds of candidates will win by acclamation in communities across Ontario - they've already won by default, because no one has registered to run against them. According to data compiled by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, Casselman is one of 120 municipalities that have acclaimed their next head of council. Of 3,273 council positions up for grabs in Ontario, 536 have been acclaimed - up from 458 in 2014. In 26 municipalities, the entire council will be acclaimed this year.

The number of acclamations in Ontario municipal elections has been ticking upward since at least 2003, when the AMO began collecting the data - and political scientists say a lack of competition has long been a feature of local politics, especially in smaller communities. "I think there's a sense in a lot of these communities that that's just the way things are done," says Aaron Moore, an associate professor of political science at the University of Winnipeg. People in small towns are less inclined to run for council, he adds, because it's usually a part-time job with little compensation and prestige.

But do acclamations rob Ontarians of the opportunity for democratic discourse and debate that comes with a contested election?

"They sure do," says Jonathan Rose, a political studies professor at Queen's University.

But he believes acclamations aren't a cause of weak participation in municipal politics - they're a symptom. Most Ontarians, he says, simply don't pay attention to local issues or politicians. (According to a Nanos Research survey released in August, one in three Ontarians was not aware that municipal election campaigns were under way.)

Chris Erl, a doctoral student at McGill University whose research focuses on municipal politics in Ontario, says acclamations may be less problematic in small towns and villages than in bigger cities.

In Casselman, Erl notes, four councillors represent the population of 3,500 people. That works out to one councillor per 875 residents. In Ottawa, by contrast, 23 councillors represent nearly one million people - a ratio of roughly one representative per 43,000 residents. Toronto's new 25-seat council will have one representative for every 109,000 people.

"In Casselman, it's likely that you will know someone on council," Erl says. "If you disapprove of a decision, you can go speak to these people. Democracy is very direct in these small towns and villages. So it's not that [winning by acclamation] hurts democracy. It's that democracy happens in a different way."

John Henderson, who will be the next mayor of Cobourg (population 19,440), argues that voters in his town are not losing out on a chance for democratic engagement.

"I may have cut back on my campaign signage and door-knocking, but I've answered all the questions the other [council] candidates have answered," Henderson says. He released a platform on his personal website and has pledged to attend upcoming candidates' meetings. "I don't see myself as doing anything less than the others in regards to the debate and dialogue."

Henderson, who is currently deputy mayor, takes it as a vote of confidence from residents that no one challenged his candidacy. "They trust me. They think I'm an approachable person."

At least one Casselman resident is disappointed that there won't be a race for mayor: Stephanie Hill says she wishes there'd been some healthy competition. "There's an old boys' club here," she says. "It's got to be said."
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No contest: Why it matters when candidates run unopposed | TVO.org

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CASSELMAN - Twenty minutes before nominations for the Casselman mayoral race were set to close on the afternoon of July 27, candidate Daniel Lafleur received a surprising phone call. It was from Claude Levac, who from 2010 to 2014 was mayor of the francophone village (population 3,500) 60 kilometres southeast of Ottawa.

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Bring filmmaking and photography year round

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Welcome - OntarioCreates Digital Library

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This would be cool...

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Ice Castles is an award-winning frozen attraction located in six cities across North America. The experience is built using hundreds of thousands of icicles hand-placed by professional ice artists. The castles include breathtaking LED-lit sculptures, frozen thrones, ice-carved tunnels, slides, fountains and much more.

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Fat bike race
Wendigo ultra fat biking brought fat biking race middle of the winter 50 km, 100km and 150 km

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Cycle tourism is a growing sector
We should offer cyclists washroom access, Healthy snacks , sponsoring local cycling events

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July to October is very busy with tourists and travelers , we need to create more events and festivals from November to June to try and bring more people in to the township during the slow season

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Welcome to .... road signage.

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Signage and mapping for local trail systems and points of interest.

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Kiosks in towns to display maps, local businesses and points of interest in South Algonquin.

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Circular fire pit at center town park. Propane fire - could be on timer to run daily at determined times.

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Affordable Housing

For Seniors to move in to to downsize from their homes.

We need some semidetached housing to accommodate people who want to stay here on a more permanent basis.

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The Canadian Cohousing Network (CCN) is a registered non-profit organization that promotes the creation of cohousing communities as a model for sustainable development by raising public awareness about cohousing and by bringing people together to form communities...

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High Speed Internet

That people living along the Hwy 60 corridor have access to hi speed internet.

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I would like to see a sitting bench in several locations throughout the downtown plus garbage recepticals at the beach get emptied daily.

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I wish locals were given a shopping pass like an ID card, to get local goods from shops restaurants and gas stations at a discount to encourage shopping in Whitney.

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One issue the council needs to deal with is where can we expand, where can we put new businesses

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I wish committeees were NOT committees of the whole so that the business association and members of the public could be part of the conversation

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I wish our councillors would represent us to council instead of council to us.

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I wish the township would approach things from a perspective of “how can we help you” instead of “You can’t because”

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Lake of Bays Mayor Bob Young has decided to throw his hat in the ring once more. He'll be joining McLean Ward Councillor Terry Glover and local business owner Charles Cooper as they compete for the township's top elected position.

Young, who has been in office for two terms, has indicated in the past that he did not intend to run in the upcoming fall municipal election. He said he had a change of heart when Deputy Mayor Nancy Tapley decided not to run for mayor due to health issues. Had she run for the position, Young said there would have been what he referred to as a continuity of governance in the Township.

He said the single most important issue impacting the Township is the lack of affordable housing. "Time and time again, I hear of people, especially younger people, who would like to live in the township so they can be near family or work but such housing is just not available," said the Mayor. "If elected I would hope to lead council in creative, out-of-the-box thinking to look for acceptable solutions."

Young said another major issue impacting the municipality is the lack of high-speed Internet. "The typical maximum speed most residents can get is 3 Mbps [megabits per second]whereas high speed is now defined as 25 Mbps, minimum. The Federal Government had a program to support the running of fibre into the south and north of the township. Applications were made, but we received no funding," said the Mayor, adding that finding a solution is one of the big challenges for the municipality.

Asked what achievements he is most happy with during his time as Mayor, he said he's particularly pleased with having had a hand in establishing the Dorset Community Health Hub. "Obviously, it was not my effort alone. I used the office of the Mayor as a facilitator and enabler to support the local community in reaching this achievement," he said. "I am also very proud of the work I have done to stabilize the finances of the Township. When I arrived we had a deficit. When I leave we will have built two major buildings and still have a stable balance sheet," he noted.

He said he is also proud of the fact that the municipality is no longer known as the Township of no. "When it comes to planning and building, we have made both processes smoother, simpler and more user-friendly. There is more to be done but we have made great strides forward," he said.

Asked about his dislikes as Mayor, Young said it was dealing with District issues. "Since the Townships have fewer votes than the Towns, trying to affect change is extremely frustrating. We have tried to fix the inequities of police billing - denied by the Towns. We have tried to change the council composition - denied by the Towns, so far. We have tried to change the governance at Muskoka Airport - denied by Bracebridge and Gravenhurst. Angst, frustration and heartburn," exclaimed the Mayor. "But the battles are worth fighting and I'll continue if I am re-elected."

Asked why he'd be the best person for the job, Young stated: "I have the knowledge, experience and support, I believe, of a broad cross-section of the township. I have no learning curve. I also believe that, trite as it may sound, my record speaks for itself."

Municipal elections in Ontario take place on Monday, October 22, 2018. Candidates have until July 27, 2018 to file their nominations.
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Mayoral race heats up in the Township of Lake of Bays - Huntsville Doppler

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Lake of Bays Mayor Bob Young has decided to throw his hat in the ring once more. He'll be joining McLean Ward Councillor Terry Glover and local business owner Charles Cooper as they compete for the township's top elected position.

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Both Madawaska and Whitney need a makeover so that the downtowns are more appealing to make tourists interested in stopping

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One area that needs addressing in South Algonquin township is in order to bring back people who have left the area and to attract new young families there needs to be more year round  higher paying jobs. The township needs to recruit some small businesses that could provide year round employment, an example of this is the Cannabis company that is going to utilize the old Flakeboard building at the Y road which eventually provide a lot of well paying jobs for the Maynooth/Bancroft area.

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Vic A. Bodnar, Mayor of Hastings Highlands, has announced the municipality has entered into a deal with AeroPonLeaf Canada for the purchase and development of property to be used for a cannabis production facility.

The facility will be located on Y Road, about five kilometres north of the Town of Bancroft, on the property formerly occupied by GP Flakeboard. The property has remained undeveloped since the particle board plant closed in 2003.

"The economic boost to our community will have far reaching benefits," Bodnar writes on his Facebook page. "We anticipate that the added revenue from associated industries in the area and employment opportunities for residents will be extraordinary."

Bodnar also says the facility will eventually include a retail outlet and a brewery.

Based in Pickering, AeroPonLeaf Canada uses aeroponics - a method of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium - to cultivate cannabis.

A public meeting with representatives from AeroPonLeaf Canada will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 28th at Emond Hall at the Hastings Highlands municipal offices (33011 Hastings County Rd 62, Maynooth).

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Cannabis production facility planned for Hastings Highlands | kawarthaNOW

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Vic A. Bodnar, Mayor of Hastings Highlands, has announced the municipality has entered into a deal with AeroPonLeaf Canada for the purchase and development of property to be used for a cannabis production facility. The facility will be located on Y Road, about five kilometres north of the Town of Bancroft, on the property formerly occupied by GP Flakeboard.

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I can't find enough local people to hire, and there's no place for out of town hires to live if I bring them in. Is there a way to increase the pool of applicants who are looking for work, and match them up to suitable jobs?

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Finding affordable housing can be difficult in many parts of Alberta. But nowhere is it more challenging than in the Bow Valley, where the vacancy rate sits at zero per cent. In the second part of a week-long series, CBC Calgary's Evelyne Asselin takes a look at the situation for employers trying to find and keep workers.
In a resort town with more than three millions visitors each year, Jessica Girard figured she couldn't go wrong opening a sportswear store in Banff.

But only 15 months after its grand opening in June 2014, KSL Sportswear had to shutter that location.

"Staff was really hard to find in the winter," said Girard. "We had to close two days a week, and sometimes in the winter we had to close three times a week."

In desperation, Girard cut the shop's hours as well, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 4 p.m.

Girard's struggles are all too common for businesses in Banff, where companies regularly struggle with high staff turnover and a shortage of employees.

The problem is caused in part by a lack of affordable housing, which forces workers to look for employment outside the Bow Valley.

The Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain region currently has the second-highest job vacancy rate in Canada - 5.3 per cent compared to 1.6 per cent nationwide, according to Statistics Canada.

That's an improvement from eight per cent in 2011, but still far from ideal.

Workers' multiple jobs takes toll on companies

As a small operator, it didn't make financial sense for Girard to offer staff accommodation - but that left employees scrambling to find affordable housing in the pricey resort town.

"Staff needed to find two to three jobs to just be able to pay for rent," said Girard.

According to the town's 2014 census, nearly 19 per cent of Banff residents hold more than one job.

That's a busy workload for people who often come to Banff to enjoy the outdoors, spending time hiking or skiing, Girard says.

"It's really hard for them. So either they'll call [in] sick, they're tired. It was really hard."

Tough competition due to 30.5% jump in businesses

To make matters worse, there are more and more companies competing for staff in Banff.

The town now has 894 licensed businesses, up 30.5 per cent from 2010.

Girard now operates her store from a small trailer - only attending events and festivals.

This way, she saves on the high cost of rent and doesn't need to constantly search for staff.

"Not having to worry about the staff issue, maybe we just could focus [on sales and advertising]. But constantly, constantly training staff ... it's a lot for a business," she said.

Employee housing hunt eats up company time

Even big employers who offer staff accommodation feel the crunch in Banff - as Janice Price learned when she moved from Toronto seven months ago to take over as president of the Banff Centre.

"I was very surprised ... that recruiting and retaining staff in Banff was one of the significant human resources challenges we face," says Price.

"I thought 'Wow, we should have people clamouring to come and work here and take advantage of the lifestyle and the beauty,'" she said.

The centre has 600 full-time staff, making it one of the biggest employers in town.

A third of its staff live in accommodation provided by the arts institution. Today, the units are at 98 per cent of capacity.

Unlike other tourist-oriented businesses, the Banff Centre doesn't only look for seasonal employees. The post-secondary institution also recruits senior-level staff who need suitable homes for their families - not dormitory-style accommodation.

Finding suitable housing takes up a great deal of time and effort for its human resources team.

"It's almost like a division of running this organization that you wouldn't have to have in other larger organization or university settings," says Price.

The centre is now working with an architectural firm to develop a long-term housing solution.

"We don't know where that's going to land yet, but certainly in the scope of things around renovation and restoration of our buildings ... we have put on their list of things to study housing for our staff," Price said.

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Banff businesses struggle to keep their overtired, underhoused workers | CBC News

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Finding affordable housing can be difficult in many parts of Alberta. But nowhere is it more challenging than in the Bow Valley, where the vacancy rate sits at zero per cent. In the second part of a week-long series, CBC Calgary's Evelyne Asselin takes a look at the situation for employers trying to find and keep workers.

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I live on minimum wage and part time work. It's hard to get by. I'd like to see more jobs that pay wages above $20 an hour.

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The Ontario Living Wage Network connects communities and advocates across the province who want to learn about or be part of the living wage movement.