Local News

A St. Albert man is facing criminal charges after breaking into a Canmore business and stealing a valuable polar bear skin. On Jan. 4 at 12:30 a.m. RCMP received a report of a suspicious male in downtown Canmore.

Cougars are beautiful, wild, and dangerous – and many Bow Valley residents consider themselves fortunate to live in such close proximity to these elusive and rare animals.

Like most people, Sandy Walker admits the first image that came to mind when she thought of skiing in Greenland was slogging across flat, glacial ice in gnawing cold.

Wildlife photographers are believed responsible for baiting wolves along Bow Valley Parkway - with turkey meat. Banff National Park wardens are investigating a Jan.

January Parks Canada’s enforcement of a ban on parking in potentially hazardous avalanche terrain along the access road to Sunshine Village ski resort is upheld by the courts.

For Canmore, 2013 was a year that changed the community forever.

It has taken seven years to become a reality, with access agreements, angry neighbourhoods, a pilot project and millions of dollars invested – but residents of Canmore finally have community-wide recycling at their fingertips.

High water treatment standards required by Parks Canada for a proposed day lodge project at Sunshine Village puts the entire endeavour at risk, according to a ski hill association.

January Municipal District of Bighorn Reeve Dene Cooper officially recognized the municipality’s incorporation with a formal declaration proclaiming 2013 as the 25th anniversary of the MD.

Parks Canada plans to develop a skating rink at the Cave and Basin this winter. Superintendent Dave McDonough mentioned the project earlier in December at the 16th annual planning forum.