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Banff politicians have begun grappling with services and associated budgets for 2015 – with a 2.16 per cent tax increase needed to pay for existing service levels offered to residents, including inflation.

This chilly November was reheated when a fiery debate reignited on one of Banff’s most controversial topics in recent memory. The impassioned paid parking dispute boiled over again as Banff’s young adults presented their sides to the discussion.

Canmore Community Housing Corporation is taking out a bank loan to help pay for its next perpetually affordable housing rental housing project in Three Sisters. Executive director Jennifer Bisley said CCHC has secured financing of $4.

The 17th annual Banff National Park planning forum will be held in Banff on Nov. 19- 20. The forum is an opportunity for the public to review Parks Canada’s progress in implementing the park management plan and to examine the park’s future.

Twenty-six Grade 6 students at Canmore’s Lawrence Grassi Middle School were given the assignment: Integration of Social Studies and English Language Arts.

A semi driver has been charged after losing control of his vehicle last night (Nov. 12) near Lake Louise, which blocked traffic for hours on the Trans-Canada Highway. Police have charged Sarabjit Kalkat of B.C.

The potential for more development in the MD of Bighorn’s hottest market just got greater. The possibility for health and wellness centre development in Dead Man’s Flats has significantly increased following an amendment to the Land Use Bylaw.

Plans are underway to demolish and redevelop the Homestead Inn in Banff.

On Nov. 1, a community design workshop was held at the Canmore Golf & Country Club. Canmore council directed administration to develop scenarios for market housing and affordable housing on the old daycare lands.

Over the course of many a conversation between Canadian Rockies climbers, whenever the topic of mentorship is introduced one name invariably comes up again and again. Urs Kallen arrived in Canada from his native Switzerland in 1965.