Local News

Two members of the Banff RCMP detachment have been charged with unlawfully being in a dwelling and obstruction of justice. The allegations against Const. John Gregory Cutcliffe and Const.

RCMP have identified the person whose remains were discovered near the Banff townsite last August, but are not publicly releasing who it was. Staff Sgt.

For more than 25 years, Larry Melnik, a.k.a. Crazylarry, has called the community of Banff home and now, after suffering serious injuries from a bike crash, he says the mountain town is truly his family.

Alberta’s species at risk list has been updated and the results are both good and bad news for wildlife in the Bow Valley.

Parks Canada has rejected a concept plan to develop a 66-room heritage-themed hotel on Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. But in addition to dismissing the development proposal, Parks has given the OK to Maligne Tours Ltd.

Heading into the busy August long weekend in Banff National Park, public safety officials with the federal agency want to remind visitors and residents to use safe boating practices on the Bow River.

Banff Avenue and Central Park were the scene of pipes, drums and a marching cadence as cadets of the Rocky Mountain National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre paraded en route to receiving freedom of the town, Sunday (July 27).

A collared grizzly bear that was part of a research project by Parks Canada and CP Rail has died after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 93 North.

It is that time of year again when delicious buffalo berries, or shepherdia, begin to ripen just right in the valley bottoms, attracting black and grizzly bears to enjoy the harvest.

The YWCA’s women’s safe shelter program received a financial boost last week from a newly formed charitable organization in the valley. On July 22, the 100 Women Who Care organization presented $11,000 to Banff’s YWCA facility.