Local News

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.

Banff honoured some of its brighest lights at the annual SHINE awards evening at Banff Elementary School, Nov. 5.

TransAlta is still working to repair damage to two hydroelectric facilities along the Bow River after June’s floods.

Banff’s mayor and councillors have been assigned their new committee positions.

Banff Mineral Springs Hospital is turning its walls into an art gallery in a move to create a long-term source of revenue for its year-old music therapy program.

The round table of the Banff National Park planning forum – set up more than 15 years ago to make Parks Canada more publicly accountable – will now only convene every other year.

Canmore residents have the opportunity to evaluate their homes to increase energy efficiency thanks to a rebate program involving multiple government and non-profit agencies.

The Town of Banff plans to issue a public tender to paid parking suppliers as part of an investigation into options on how user-pay parking could be introduced in the tourist town to ease crippling parking and traffic troubles.

The title doesn’t give it away, but the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan has significant implications for residents of the Bow Valley, as well as the entire southern portion of the province of Alberta.

Things are getting pretty hairy thanks to the Banff Bears. Banff Collegiate High School (BCHS) is throwing everything its got behind this year’s Movember campaign, and want to show everyone can get involved – no matter what gender they are.