Local News

Cougar Creek is getting a complete makeover. The mountain stream, which flooded to unprecedented levels in June, is slated for flood mitigation work that will change the way the channel looks permanently.

Canmore’s proposed 2014 capital budget was presented this week and members of the budget committee directed administration to find ways to save approximately $360,000. The cut to the $17.

Parks Canada is rebuilding a dam at Johnson Lake that was damaged by raging floods in June.

Angle parking is to remain on the 100 block of Beaver Street – at least for now – despite pleas from neighbourhood residents to return parallel parking to the busy residential road.

Sunshine Village ski resort and Parks Canada are set to do battle in court in the New Year over a parking ban on the upper three kilometres of the access road to the ski hill.

While the disaster caused by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines happened on the other side of the world, more or less, its effects have been felt right here in the Bow Valley.

Three more mountain creeks in the town of Canmore will see short-term flood mitigation work completed before next spring. Council approved $2.

A three-hour Community Engagement Network (CEN) public meeting will take place at Canmore Collegiate High School (CCHS) on Tuesday, Nov.

Remembrance and recognition went hand-in-hand for Canmore veterans last Thursday (Nov. 7), as Canada’s most decorated soldier offered praise and gratitude for their service.

Several elk perished after falling through thin ice on the Bow River upstream of the Banff townsite Saturday (Nov. 9), despite a massive effort by Parks Canada to save them.