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Canmore updates council procedural bylaw

Canmore updates council procedural bylaw

Canmore council passed several amendments to its procedural bylaw to improve how the public participates at meetings.
Solar lottery projects selected in Banff

Solar lottery projects selected in Banff

Sixteen Banff businesses and residential homeowners were successful in a random lottery to be part of the municipality’s first-of-a-kind financial incentive program to plug into solar.
Visitation to BNP up 10 per cent

Visitation to BNP up 10 per cent

The number of tourists to visit Banff National Park was up 10.4 per cent to 3.6 million visitors last year – the busiest in 15 years for Canada’s flagship national park.
Exshaw community receives federal funding

Exshaw community receives federal funding

MP Blake Richards visited Exshaw’s MD of Bighorn council office on Friday (June 5) in support of the local seniors’ group receiving financial support from the government for flood renovations.
Walk A Mile going valley-wide

Walk A Mile going valley-wide

After six successful years of raising funds, friends and awareness for domestic violence prevention work, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes will become a truly Bow Valley event.
Skateboard park top priority for federal funds

Skateboard park top priority for federal funds

The Town of Banff is going after federal funding for three infrastructure projects, including a long-awaited $1 million permanent skateboard park at the Banff recreation grounds.
Storage/studio facility groundbreaking in Dead Man's Flats

Storage/studio facility groundbreaking in Dead Man's Flats

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Saturday (June 6) by Steelhead Structures Inc. in Dead Man’s Flats to celebrate the beginning of construction on Park Place, a 24-unit storage/studio facility, with prices ranging from $317,900 to $595,900.
Program created to share post-flood archeological discoveries

Program created to share post-flood archeological discoveries

The provincial government has established a program for Albertans to report discoveries of valuable historic resources unearthed by the 2013 floods.
Flood structure requires re-zoning of park land

Flood structure requires re-zoning of park land

Canmore’s plans to build a $37 million debris retention structure in Cougar Creek will have to include re-designation of the specific area of the wildland provincial park for it to be completed.
Hot Banff temperature breaks century old record

Hot Banff temperature breaks century old record

Banff’s hot weather on Monday (June 8) broke a temperature record. Banff was one of eight jurisdictions to break records on Monday, with the mercury soaring to 27.1 C. The old record for June 8 was 25.6 C set in 1912.
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