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Canmore’s elected officials will decide whether to phase in business registry fee changes targeted at the food and beverage industry when a proposed bylaw returns for second and third reading at the end of the month.

Banff’s badass bear has been a busy boy. While doing DNA analysis to look at Banff’s grizzly bear population and density, Parks Canada confirmed that grizzly bear 122 is the father of at least five young bruins, and he’s likely fathered more.

The saga of the old library roof continues, with scope added to turn the building into an arts centre to include roof and mechanical replacements.

Canadian Rockies Public Schools want to have shovels in the dirt this fall for the first phase of Banff Elementary School modernization.

An international network for scientists conducting water-related studies in alpine environments around the world, which has its origins in the Canadian Rockies, was recently accepted by the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Hydroclimate Panel

Several road construction and utility projects slated for 2014 have gone over budget and require over $1 million in additional funding to be completed.

Just as it is about to break ground on new seniors housing units, Bow Valley Regional Housing is celebrating a $6 million commitment by the provincial government for phase two of the project.

Potentially disrupting an osprey nesting area is one of the issues Exshaw residents have brought forward over proposed construction in the Municipal District of Bighorn hamlet.

A blaze at the Canmore fire hall today (March 12) will not hinder the department's ability to respond to fire and rescue calls in the community, said a Canmore representative.

Should a fire hall be built in Dead Man’s Flats, the Municipal District of Bighorn will only entertain the idea of a two-bay first response hall with a small price tag, at least in the short-term.