Local News

The wandering ways of wolves never cease to amaze. A young male wolf named Skoki disappeared from the Bow Valley in mid-December, but after more than a month, he finally showed up last week in Alberta’s Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.

In the aftermath of the recent discovery that 100 sled dogs were brutally shot and killed by an employee of a Whistler, B.C. dogsledding company, a local company with the same name is bearing much of the brunt of the bad publicity.

Canmore residents are using less water and are paying more for it as a result. Council passed its water and utility rate bylaws for 2011 with an increase of three per cent to both.

Banff plans to look at ways to stop people from stealing valuable recyclables from residential bins.

For a group of local students interested in engineering and technology, it’s about what you discover, not what you win.

After nearly 10 years at the helm of Tourism Canmore Kananaskis, executive director John Samms is stepping down. While he will no longer be in charge, Samms has been named the new director of sales for the destination marketing organization.

A Canmore man caught in an avalanche over the weekend is lucky to be alive. The man, who has not been identified, was backcountry ski touring alone on Mount Sparrowhawk on Saturday (Jan. 29) when the slide occurred.

Brewster is proposing to build a multi-million dollar suspended glass floor observation platform overlooking the spectacular Sunwapta Valley in a bid to lure more tourists.

Bottled water will not be for sale when the new concession at the Banff recreation centre opens in March as part of the municipality’s ongoing efforts to go green.

The Canmore Planning Commission has approved a development permit to improve the façade of a building on Main Street considered by many to be an eyesore.