Local News

While still years away from completely repurposing the old Canmore pool, politicians decided this week in the meantime it should be decommissioned and leased to the local gymnastics club.

The Town of Banff is considering beefing up enforcement as a possible way to ease parking woes.

Banff National Park has proven to be one of the best places in the world to study how effective crossing structures are for giving wildlife safe passage across deadly roads and highways.

Construction of a multi-million dollar parkade in Banff to ease parking problems is back on the discussion table.

A pedestrian bridge is lifted into place on Cougar Creek, north of the Trans-Canada Highway, Wednesday (May 21). The bridge was originally located further upstream, but flooding last June made the site unusable.

A proposal to truck Canmore’s treated sewage sludge to the Town of Banff’s wastewater treatment plant is backed up in the decision-making process.

A new company made headlines this week with a proposal to bring high-speed rail service to Banff from the Calgary International Airport.

Wolverines are regarded as symbols of wilderness, yet little is known about this secretive species.

Sarah Hutchinson has a great amount of advice to offer about ticks and Lyme disease as part of Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Unfortunately, she had to learn all of it first hand.

Dead Man’s Flats is the Bow Valley’s most unique place name and, while it is often attributed to a gruesome murder that occurred in 1904, another story behind the origina of the name is decidedly less gruesome.