Local News

RCMP are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man who attempted to assault a child in Canmore, Thursday (Aug. 6). At about 4:15 p.m., a 10-year-old girl was approached by an adult male outside her residence.

The Town of Banff has formally set up a governance and finance committee.

Alberta’s new finance minister and president of the treasury board Joe Ceci is asking the public to provide comments and ideas for the 2015 and 2016 budgets. The government has established a website – budget.alberta.

A new plant manager was appointed at Lafarge in Exshaw on Tuesday (Aug. 4) following the retirement of Heinz Knopfel from the cement plant.

Parents know better than anyone that the cost of items never goes down, and this is true when the back to school shopping season commences in August.

Federal opposition parties are taking a strong stance against the Canadian government’s muzzling of scientists and dismantling of the country’s scientific capacity, including within the ranks of Parks Canada. If elected on Oct.

The Snarl Peak fire in Banff National Park almost doubled in size to 700 hectares due to hot, dry weather over the long weekend.

A red fox that got into food or was fed by people in Kananaksis Country has been relocated to less a busy area.

The federal Conservatives have quietly and quickly approved a massive expansion of the Lake Louise ski area, prompting former senior Parks Canada managers to consider asking the UNESCO world heritage committee to investigate threats to Banff National

A group of rafters marooned overnight on a small island on the Bow River were rescued Tuesday (Aug. 4) morning, west of Dead Man’s Flats. Six rafters from Airdrie, ranging in age from their 20s to 50s, were pulled from the island at 7 a.m.