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Two Parks Canada employees were hit with hefty court fines for swimming in the home of Banff’s endangered snail. Stephan A. Titcomb, an employee of the Upper Hot Springs, and Parks Canada employee Kirsten E.

Alex Harvey returned to the top-10 while several young Canadian skiers were thrown into the world cup fray again, as the Canadian team continues to balance the needs of its high performers and budding prospects on the world cup.

It’s official, not only do Albertans wish to see a reintroduction of wild plains bison back into Banff National Park, but also members of the global community. On Friday, (Jan.

Local business owners were all ears for students presenting ideas on how to get their brand’s awareness out there.

With speculation that 2015 may be an election year in Alberta, political parties are getting their candidates ready to hit the campaign trail and that includes the Banff-Cochrane riding.

Banff Lake Louise Hotel Motel Association is voicing support for the Town of Banff developing rental housing to ease the resort town’s housing crunch – but the group wants the municipality to push for discounts on land from the federal government and

Wildlife experts are using DNA analysis to determine if grizzly bear 130, one of the bears in Banff National Park fitted with a GPS collar for research purposes, is the daughter of famed grizzly bear 64.

Bow Valley students with a New Year’s Resolution to learn Spanish are in luck, as the language will be taught at schools this February.

A man who swam in the home of the endangered Banff Springs Snail has been fined $4,500. On Wednesday, (Jan.

Parks Canada plans to capture and collar several wolves in Banff to get information on what the packs are up to.