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At the end of June, council gave the community a reprieve on penalties for paying taxes late, but that forgiveness did not extend to one taxpayer who paid three days late.

It may be a first for a major sporting event, but it fits perfectly with the values of the Bow Valley. The 2014 Alberta Winter Games are expected to be carbon neutral as a result of the hard work the event’s sustainability committee has undertaken.

The Town of Canmore is developing an early warning system for future floods and officials expect it to be in place before potential spring floods.

Through a collaborative effort coming out of the 2014 Alberta Winter Games, Banff Community High School has significantly expanded its solar power capabilities.

Nancy Newhouse is known as the “badger lady.” Although she is now working with the Nature Conservancy in B.C. to protect species other than badgers, she headed up Canada’s first intensive radio telemetry-based study of American badgers.

Researchers are trying to gather more information on wolverines to help with the survival of the elusive and notoriously ferocious animals into the future.

On Jan. 30 at about 4:40 a.m., Canmore RCMP stopped a black Nissan Xterra for a vehicle equipment violation on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Banff National Park East gate.

Banff Elementary School will see major modernization with the announcement of a multi-million dollar project by the provincial government on Wednesday (Jan. 29).

Canmore's Civic Centre is expected to be closed for approximately four days to cleanup flood damage caused by a burst pipe overnight.

Sunshine Village and Parks Canada were back in federal court last week to argue about what parts of its access road the ski hill should be able to use to park vehicles.