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The 90-year-old Wheeler House will be demolished this month.

Cameron Barnes and his mother Mary Jane Hammond watched in horror as an SUV lost control and flipped into the Spray Lakes Reservoir, trapping James Allan and Jennifer, Jaimie and Darrin Waugh of Calgary and Cochrane, on Dec. 30.

The Town of Banff will consider a new policy that prevents bed and breakfast owners from sitting on a licence if they are not in operation.

The fire hydrant closest to Lawrence Grassi Middle School does not meet standards required by municipal guidelines for water flow.

A pair of homeowners whose houses sit just outside Canmore’s Urban Growth Boundary are asking council to include them within.

Fees for most municipal services are going up in Banff, with recreation rates and fees for using streets and public places seeing the biggest jump.

On Dec. 21, Canmore RCMP was dispatched to a broken down vehicle on the highway. On arrival, police discovered one occupant was highly intoxicated.

As an internationally certified mountain guide, licensed pilot and filmmaker whose previous projects include filming a British Army Special Forces team attempting to climb Everest’s difficult, West Ridge route, Banff’s Guy Clarkson is familiar with d

The Banff Ideas Bank, Banff’s community brain trust, is planning to create a website to archive the ideas generated during the monthly sessions.

Not much is known about the species living in the high country of the Canadian Rockies – but a local conservation group wants to change that.