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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.

Canadian Rockies Public Schools (CRPS) is dabbling with the idea of having a third language class instated at the high school level. French, English and Spanish could be offered to students as early as 2014-15’s second semester.

Banff’s new trails master plan calls for another pedestrian bridge across the Bow River, a pedestrian overpass across the railway line between Marmot Crescent and the industrial compound, trail upgrades and development, and a series of on-road cyclin

A 59-year-old woman was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious head and upper torso injuries on Saturday (Nov. 8) when she plummeted 20 metres down a gully in Kananaskis Country’s wilderness.

The first full summer of restoration work in Kananaskis Country after the June 2013 floods has seen multiple trails restored, bridges replaced and planning undertaken to determine what changes are needed to prevent the loss of recreation infrastructu