Local News

BIGHORN – The 16-year land-swap saga between the MD of Bighorn and Alberta Environment and Parks may be coming to a close, after the municipality accepted a letter at its Tuesday council meeting (Feb.

BANFF – Parks Canada is hosting its 21st annual planning forum next week and is seeking input across the country to inform the process for creating a new 10-year management plan for Banff National Park. The forum, next Tuesday and Wednesday (Feb.

EXSHAW – One community’s waste could soon become another’s energy source.

STONEY NAKODA – Cheyenne Wesley knew she was interested in the world of technology from the minute her mother bought a Windows 98 PC. “I remember when dial up Internet first came out,” Wesley, 27, said with a laugh.

EXSHAW – The Municipal District of Bighorn is ready to tender a project to install permanent flood mitigation for Exshaw Creek and presented the final design at an open house for the community last week.

CANMORE – Canmore and Morley will soon be part of a network of electric vehicle charging stations installed throughout southern Alberta. Earlier this week, the province announced it will provide $1.

BANFF – Cougars continue to kill elk and deer on the outskirts of Banff. Parks Canada said there have now been six kills in the last month, and because of the locations, they’ve had to remove four of those carcasses for public safety reasons.

FIELD, B.C.

FIELD, B.C. – Condolences flooded Albe Bulmer’s social media status hours after he announced his son, Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer, was one of the three men who died in a CP train derailment near Field, B.C., on Monday (Feb. 4).

FIELD, B.C. – Three Canadian Pacific Railway crew members are dead following a massive train derailment near Field, B.C. in Yoho National Park. The westbound freight train derailed at about 1 a.m. on Feb.