Local News

Canmore Community Housing Corporation is on the hunt for a new managing director to take the organization into the future.

The proposed Area Structure Plan is inching closer to reality following the MD of Bighorn acceptance of a Development Impact Assessment report (DIA) on the subject areas.

The announcement earlier this month that the Castle area of Alberta will be protected with the new designation as an expanded wildland provincial park and a new provincial park was met with celebration by conservation groups.

The owners of three parcels of land in the Peaks of Grassi neighbourhood of Canmore have submitted a new development proposal application to the municipality after a previous one was defeated by council. The 1.

The search continues for a 19-year-old man who was swept over Twin Falls, a 100-metre waterfall in Yoho National Park.

RCMP have arrested and charged an Airdrie man with second degree murder after an investigation was initiated when human remains were found near the junction of Highways 1A and 1X east of Canmore in 2006.

A brand new sport is being introduced this month in the Bow Valley in support of the local SPCA. A Cani-X – or canine cross – race will debut on Sept. 27 as part of the Bow Valley SPCA annual Rocky Mountain Mut Strut event.

The draft Municipal Development Plan for Canmore has a strong focus on finding ways to promote development of affordable housing in the community.

Alberta premier Rachel Notley and her NDP caucus met in Banff earlier this week to continue working on their first full provincial budget to be delivered this fall.

Canmore and Banff form part of the only regional transit commission in the entire province of Alberta and over the past week both funding announcments and the release of a plan for local transit in Canmore have been met with excitement over the possi