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A small increase in solid waste services utility fees for Canmore residents will go a long way in keeping the community looking good.

While the Canmore Tennis Club is keen to move forward now with a project to improve and add more tennis courts at Lion’s Park, town council has served the ball into the 2016 court instead.

Council accepted an integrated transportation plan this week, but not without taking over two hours to pour over sections councillors didn’t like and eventually pass several motions distancing itself from parts of the plan.

It is official, the new arts centre in Canmore is ready to begin construction on Monday (Jan. 12) and officials are getting together on Friday (Jan. 9) to celebrate the start the project. Tenders have been received and are under the $2.

The Bow Valley isn’t just a region geographically, it is one politically and when it comes to service commissions, that is especially true.

Organizers are looking to the community to help ensure one of Canmore’s longest-running events does not end in this, its 25th year.

Parks Canada says the 2016 cross-country world cup race in Lake Louise is not a done deal – but the event is already listed and being promoted on the Federation Internationale de Ski’s (FIS) website.

Canmore Business and Tourism’s contract to provide economic development expired at the end of 2014, but the organization will continue to provide the service until the end of April.

Pristine, untouched wilderness – it is hard to come by and harder to protect, but that is exactly what photographer and conservationist Ian McAllister and Pacific Wild are hoping to accomplish.

Fencing the entire Banff recreation ground area to mitigate wildlife conflict and maintenance issues is a recommendation of the draft redevelopment plan for the recreation grounds – but Parks Canada is not in favour of the proposal.