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Families who send their children to Exshaw School are breathing a deep sigh of relief this week as a recent announcement secures their education at the school for the next three years

“I’m a prairie girl – I just love the prairies … I love the landscape, the big open sky, but also all the wildlife and history in Southern Alberta, I find, is just amazing.”

“There’s a really great sound when you get that amount of people all playing together."

After beating the Brooks Bandits in back-to-back games, the Eagles will look to ride the high as they face off against the red hot Okotoks Oilers in pair of weekend games

“I want to teach the children that bullying’s not a good thing, that we should stop and help if someone’s getting bullied.”

“It’s a reminder that the fire season can have a greater scope then people are used to in Canada.”

Banff/Canmore Speed Skating’s Finn Borstmayer and Lili Wilz are ready for all comers and all elements this weekend (Feb. 8-9) when the 2020 Canadian Youth Long Track Championships comes to the Setters Place Oval in Red Deer, Alta

“Jillian Roulet was a senior park planner for three decades and dealt with many interesting and difficult files. She rose to the top in a man's world and did a very good job. She was the first woman to be appointed superintendent of Banff National Park in 118 years.”

With the cost of processing building permits coming in higher than the revenues they bring in, the MD of Bighorn has chosen to stop delivering the service altogether and landowners looking for building permits will now have to go through an accredited agency instead

“It a mix of straight-ahead jazz with some contemporary vibe and solid grooves."