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“I love where our case count is trending, but we’re not quite far enough along yet to be sure nothing’s happened from the holidays," said Coun. Chip Olver.

According to Alberta Health, there have been four cases linked to the outbreak at the facility of approximately 120 residents. Of these, one is active, two have recovered and sadly there has been one death.

COVID testing at the provincial site at Lynx Street in Banff is now Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only, but AHS says testing can be ramped up quickly if case counts begin to rise dramatically.

Parks Canada is performing a necropsy on a dead male wolf found on Jan. 7 near the Bow River to determine the cause of its death.

Putting their eagle eyes to good use in the blustery Chinook winds, the 105 participants, 41 in Canmore and 64 in Banff, were able count more than 2,000 individual birds during the Bow Valley Christmas bird count.

Parks Canada has issued a widespread cougar warning for the Town of Banff and surrounding area following a spike in cougar sightings, and a cougar that killed a deer and followed a man and his dog to within two metres.

A public warning issued by Parks Canada on Monday (Jan. 11) stated that a cougar “displayed aggressive behaviour after approaching a dog walker at a close distance.”

The Municipal Planning Commission and administration for the municipality are looking at an area redevelopment plan for Banff's industrial compound

Canada's first case of a new, more infectious variant of COVID-19 that surfaced in South Africa was found in Alberta on Friday, the same day two Atlantic provinces tightened their boundaries and Ontario warned tough new measures may be on the way if

“We had three breeding pairs and chicks that successfully fledged this year, as well as a fourth nest that we think was probably being used as a roost by a sub-adult."