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EDITOR’S NOTE IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S
This past summer, the residents of Banff voted to remove their seasonal pedestrian-only zone, created during COVID to allow for social distancing. It had become unpopular. The town is so busy in the...
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EDITOR’S NOTE
EDITOR’S NOTE IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S
This past summer, the residents of Banff voted to remove their seasonal pedestrian-only zone, created during COVID to allow for social distancing. It had become unpopular. The town is so busy in the...
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