Local News

The Town of Banff passed its three-year operating budget and 10-year capital budget last Thursday (Dec. 18). Council unanimously approved an operating budget of just over $33.1 million for 2015 and a capital budget with projects worth $19.8 million.

The Town of Banff is planning to a build a $4.9 million warehouse for municipal vehicles and Roam buses – but also to provide self-storage rental space to the public.

A Calgary woman’s body was recovered this weekend in the back country near Sunshine Meadows after she got lost while cross-country skiing. The woman, in her 50s, set out alone from the Sunshine Village ski hill on Saturday (Dec.

A dead cougar discovered 500 metres away from a busy Canmore neighbourhood is a reminder the big cats are active in the valley at this time of year and trail users must stay alert, according to district conservation officer Glenn Naylor.

Plans to build a sidewalk on the east side of Norquay Road from Banff’s train station to Fenlands recreation centre have been put off until 2019.

The Town of Canmore will move forward with $8.8 million in capital projects for 2015 after council unanimously approved its budget for next year.

The Town of Banff will beef up its grant to The Banff Centre in a bid to ensure residents continue to have access to aquatics programming at the Sally Borden Pool – but not as much as was hoped for.

A new draft plan for redevelopment of Banff’s recreation grounds calls for a fenced off-leash dog area, a seasonal ice rink, a permanent skateboard park, a toboggan hill and new children’s adventure and water playgrounds.

Concerns by Councillor Ed Russell regarding how Canmore’s fire department sources its equipment won’t result in a review of that process.

It may seem at times the Bow Valley is insulated from the rest of Alberta, but with the dramatic decline in oil prices a chill has gone out across the development industry.