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STARS Air Ambulance’s donor-funded AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters are big birds that require big nests.

The town of Canmore estimates damage to public and private property during the June 2013 flood totals $30 million.

The Icefield’s Parkway was shut in both directions last Thursday (Feb. 20) after a four-door sedan collided with a Brewster coach. RCMP Lake Louise responded to the accident at approximately 11:50 a.m.

Whether it is part of a larger trend or just one bad year, the number of grizzly bears killed as a result of human activity in Alberta reached a significantly high level last year.

Those looking to operate a pedi-cab or rickshaw tour company in Banff now have the opportunity to establish that kind of business in the resort community, but only for the next two years.

The community of Banff has a growing number of immigrant residents – far more, percentage-wise, than the rest of the province and country. According to the 2011 Census, 27.

The MD of Bighorn has agreed to partner with the Exshaw Community Association and co-sign an application to allow ECA to apply for a $100,000 grant to renovate the community hall.

The Town of Canmore’s sustainable economic development and tourism strategy is fundamentally flawed, according to Canmore Business and Tourism officials, because it treats economic development and tourism as separate goals.

Canmore’s Municipal Development Plan will be rewritten this year, but it won’t happen alongside the planning process for Three Sisters Mountain Village.

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.