Local News

KANANASKIS – A group of ten backcountry campers in Kananaskis Country had to be rescued Thursday (July 4) after an adolescent male began to experience medical distress as the result of hypothermia.

LAKE LOUISE – The search continues for a paddleboarder who drowned in Herbert Lake in Banff National Park over the Canada Day long weekend.

CALGARY –A Stoney Nakoda woman is heading to the Okimaw Ochi Healing Lodge in Saskatchewan after a Calgary judge handed down a two-year sentence on June 28 related to the 2016 death of Brennon Riley Twoyoungmen.

YOHO – The operator of the historic Twin Falls Chalet in Yoho National Park has been locked out of the business she has run for the past 57 years.

DEAD MAN’S FLATS – A vandal cut a hole in the wildlife exclusion fence on the Trans-Canada Highway, putting both people and wildlife in danger.

CANMORE – Jasmine, otherwise known as Jazzy, and Molly can often be found lounging in chairs, jumping from shelves or wandering down the aisles of Canmore’s Home Hardware.

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.