Local News

Two people are dead after an avalanche swept through the Burstall Pass area of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in Kananaskis Country on Saturday (Jan. 15) afternoon.

A string of daylight armed robberies ended in gunfire on Monday (Jan. 10) afternoon when Canmore RCMP members shot and killed a suspect in the crimes. The man shot has been identified as a 62-year-old Canmore resident known to police.

Deep beneath the Rocky Mountains, a team of writers and artists are hard at work in their secret lair producing a line of comics, graphic novels and audio books. Even though the entertainment company was founded in the U.K.

In a tight split, Canmore council has voted down a proposed project to install fencing along the railway right of way between the high school and Bow Valley Trail.

He has said it before and he will likely say it again; Mayor Ron Casey has serious concerns about the safety of the playground at Centennial Park.

A capital project to install a fuelling station for Town of Canmore vehicles was cut from the 2011 budget last week.

After initially postponing a human resources recruitment policy, council has approved the document as a result of more detail being added to it. Manager of Human Resources Therese Rogers presented the updated policy to council last Tuesday (Jan. 4).

A Calgary man has died after a fall from a third-floor balcony of a Banff hotel. Joshua Leonard Markham, 22, was found deceased by RCMP on Friday (Jan. 7) at 10 a.m. when they were called to the Best Western in Banff.

Banff’s RCMP detachment will have fewer members in place to serve the busy tourist town in the future.

The MD of Bighorn has bestowed a rare award on a long-time ally and former Canmore town councillor. Ross Larsen has been given a Friend of Bighorn award, an honour handed out just three times since it was conceived in 2004.