Local News

A 53-year-old woman was seriously injured after falling 60 metres while scrambling the northwest side of Mount Daly near the Waputik Icefield. The accident happened on August 23 at about 7 p.m.

The draft of Canmore’s proposed Municipal Development Plan has important implications when it comes to how, where and when the community will grow in the future.

Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen is lobbying Parks Canada’s new chief executive officer on the tourist town’s top priority to tackle traffic troubles.

Canmore council voted Tuesday night (Sept. 1) to eliminate one of its newest committees – the Program Audit Committee – after the results of its first report cost too much, took too long and produced underwhelming results.

The first day of high school, or junior high for that matter, is already a stressful endeavour, but even more so if your first day of school is in a brand new country.

Alpine Edibles’ schoolyard project continues to take urban farming in Canmore to new levels and this week sees the non-profit organization working to complete installation of a passive solar greenhouse.

Parks Canada employees in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks appear to be in the midst of an unprecedented communication lockdown during the current federal election campaign. Since the Oct.

Three Calgary hikers were flown to safety Saturday (Aug. 22) following a chilly night outdoors in stormy and subzero conditions on a mountain near Canmore.

It has been said that life is like riding a bicycle - to stay balanced you need to keep moving.

Banff council reconsidered a decision from earlier this summer to deny a development permit for a farmers market at the train station and approved having a market for one day on each weekend until the end of October.