Local News

CANMORE – The future location for a new fire hall in Canmore will be decided through the 2020 budget process, after council voted to accept a study examining possible locations as information.

BANFF – The Town of Banff is hoping to put solar panels on the roof of the waste transfer building.

LAKE LOUISE – RCMP are bringing in a dive team on Monday (July 1) to help search for a paddleboarder that went missing in the water the day before at Lake Herbert in Banff National Park.

A woman has died after she fell at Grassi Lakes rock climbing area Saturday (June 29) afternoon, according to the Canmore RCMP. Alberta Health Services told the Outlook they were called to a Spray Lakes trailhead at around 12:30 p.m.

KANANASKIS – The government of Alberta has announced beginning at noon on Friday (June 28) that liquor consumption will be permitted in select day use area picnic sites in provincial parks.

YOHO – Future operation of the historic Twin Falls Chalet and teahouse in Yoho National Park is uncertain.

BOW VALLEY – By 2027, the Bow Valley will need about 1,100 additional units of non-market housing, including continuing care, affordable rental, permanent supportive housing and affordable homeownership.

CANMORE – Off leash dogs and a false name were the charges dealt with in provincial court on Tuesday (June 25) as former Bow Valley resident Angela Schrempf’s defence counsel entered a guilty plea on her behalf in relation to obstructing a police off

BOW VALLEY – Housing prices in the Bow Valley are up there with Vancouver and Toronto. A long-awaited housing needs assessment shows that median prices for single-detached homes are $900,000 in Canmore and $1.2 million in Banff, which compares to $1.

YOHO – Concentration camps from the First World War in Canada have had a “crippling legacy” for those that survived being interned for who they were and where they came from.