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OLS students recognized

OLS students recognized

Love wasn’t the only thing in the air during Our Lady of the Snows (OLS) St. Valentine’s Day academics and achievement ceremony – a good dose of praise and recognition was also present. The school spent Valentine’s Day (Feb.
Canmore bylaw looks to ban idling vehicles

Canmore bylaw looks to ban idling vehicles

It may soon be an offence in Canmore to leave your vehicle idling within the town’s limits.
OLYMPICS UPDATE – Green exorcizes demons in mass start

OLYMPICS UPDATE – Green exorcizes demons in mass start

The last time Brendan Green was in a mass start biathlon race, it nearly ended his career. Just to start the same race two years later at the 2014 Winter Olympics was a testament to his courage and determination.
OLYMPIC UPDATE - Hudec wins Olympic bronze in Sochi

OLYMPIC UPDATE - Hudec wins Olympic bronze in Sochi

Attention Banff: your Panda has been bronzed. Banff’s Jan Hudec ended Canada’s 20-year Olympic alpine medal drought and scored the first piece of hardware for Bow Valley athlete at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games on Sunday (Feb.
OLYMPIC UPDATE - Slow skis plague Canadian men

OLYMPIC UPDATE - Slow skis plague Canadian men

Heading into the Olympics, the Canadian men’s cross-country ski team was undeterred by the big climbs, tough opposition and warm weather that were to greet them in Sochi. What they weren’t anticipating was wax problems.
Banff residents satisfied with quality of life: survey

Banff residents satisfied with quality of life: survey

Residents of Banff not only live in one of the most beautiful places in the country, they are pretty darn happy to be doing so.
Caf é offers safe place for discussion about death, dying

Caf é offers safe place for discussion about death, dying

Death is coming to Canmore and the old Grim Reaper is planning to set his scythe in the corner and sit down for a cup of coffee and a chat. Canmore’s first Death Café is scheduled to take place at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Centre on Feb.
Project Tibet presentation slated for Banff

Project Tibet presentation slated for Banff

With the world’s focus on the multinational spectacle that is the Olympic Winter Games in Russia, what better time to narrow that focus to a relatively small region that has no presence at the Games? On Wednesday (Feb.
Caribou program close to implementation

Caribou program close to implementation

A captive-breeding program to help save dwindling woodland caribou herds in mountain national parks is a step closer to reality.
Going the distance with assistance

Going the distance with assistance

Actor Morgan Freeman has nothing on Brent Pickard. In the popular movie Driving Miss Daisy, Freeman’s character only had to chauffer one person – Pickard is aiming for the entire Bow Valley, and then some.
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