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Town making recycling easier for Banff businesses

Town making recycling easier for Banff businesses

Council changes regulations to allow businesses to put mixed paper, plastic, metal and glass containers in residential recycling bins, and eliminates fee for businesses to deliver mixed paper, plastic and metal containers to the waste transfer site.
New outreach worker wants your stories

New outreach worker wants your stories

"Let me know [your] stories and experiences and those stories become a part of what the Town considers when they make their decision because if I don't have the information or knowledge or understanding, decisions get made in a vacuum."
New pups born to Bow Valley wolf pack

New pups born to Bow Valley wolf pack

Parks Canada extends closure in meadows along Bow Valley Parkway until Aug. 31 to give wolf pack with new pups space and security
Kananaskis water could be headed to bottling facility in Calgary

Kananaskis water could be headed to bottling facility in Calgary

According to a public notice, Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd. recently filed an application to amend its provincial water licence to allow nine or more trucks per day to haul a maximum of 50,000 cubic metres of water a year from its current allotment
Grizzly bear with cubs scratches at tent with food inside

Grizzly bear with cubs scratches at tent with food inside

“We’re trying to spend more time in the evenings there to get our messages across to make sure visitors are understanding the requirements to safely store food in the storage bins provided or in a vehicle."
Olympic race walker Bilodeau competing in Pan Am Games

Olympic race walker Bilodeau competing in Pan Am Games

Olympic race walker Mathieu Bilodeau will represent Team Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games starting on July 26, competing in the men’s 50-kilometre race walk event
Cross-country world cup on track for March 2020

Cross-country world cup on track for March 2020

International cross-country skiing races coming to Canmore in March 2020
Forty-six tickets issued for violating Canmore’s new parking restrictions

Forty-six tickets issued for violating Canmore’s new parking restrictions

Parking restrictions behind Save-On-Foods were implemented in the spring to address the increasing number of people camping overnight in their vehicles behind the grocery store
Emotional farewell for Town Manager Robert Earl

Emotional farewell for Town Manager Robert Earl

It was an emotional goodbye for Banff Town Manager Robert Earl at his last council meeting, as he leaves the community soon for new job on Vancouver Island
Canmore Library memberships jump after fee eliminated

Canmore Library memberships jump after fee eliminated

New memberships to the Canmore Public Library jumped by 132 per cent year-over-year for the month May after the board eliminated the annual membership fee on May 1
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