Local News

Canmore’s tourism efforts over the last year received a big boost this week with two Alberta Tourism award wins.

For the first time, a black bear has travelled through one of the new underpasses in Kootenay National Park.

Residents concerned about a proposed land use change in Peaks of Grassi are petitioning against the application for development.

Canmore’s elected officials voted Tuesday night (Oct. 22) to extend a helping hand to two very different events being held in the community over the next month.

Canmore isn’t the only level of government that has woken up to the realities of how debris floods and debris flows in mountain creeks can cause catastrophic damage to developed areas.

Whether you call it the Red Barn, Larch Park or the old daycare lands, it is clear the Town of Canmore intends to develop the site and it is reaching out to the community to actually design it.

A hydraulic oil release at Lafarge’s Exshaw plant on Saturday (Oct. 18) has EnviroHazmat Emergency Response workers cleaning contaminated areas and prompted classes to be cancelled at the nearby school.

With Halloween fast approaching, parents who find themselves short a youngster’s costume should check out a fall preschool fair and costume exchange, Saturday (Oct. 25).

The cost of buying out 181 homes in Cougar Creek deemed to be at high risk for future floods far outweighs the cost to build a debris retention dam in the channel according to municipal officials.

For some, post-secondary education is the next logical step after high school. For others, financial assistance could mean the difference between chasing a goal or a far off dream.