Local News

CANMORE – It was standing room only by the time MLA Cam Westhead was acclaimed the NDP candidate for Banff-Kananaskis in Canmore on Tuesday (Nov. 13).

CALGARY – Like a nail-biting final period of a gold medal Olympic hockey game, residents of Calgary and Canmore awaited the results of the Olympic plebiscite Tuesday night (Nov. 13) and when polls closed and the results were counted 56.

BOW VALLEY – Off-highway vehicles such as dirt bikes and quads are forcing grizzly bears to alter their habitat choices and movements, according to new research.

BOW VALLEY – The communities of the Bow Valley have a long history of marking the Armistice agreement that ended First World War– Remembrance Day – each year on Nov. 11.

BOW VALLEY – In the dying days of the First World War, Canada’s role was so important that the final 100 days of the war became known as Canada’s Hundred Days.

BANFF – At the end of the First World War, Canadian troops returning home from battle in Europe often brought back trophies from the conflict.

Prior to what Canadians now call Remembrance Day, Nov. 11 was known as Armistice Day.

BOW VALLEY – With the provincial election starting to heat up, Brenda Stanton has promised to make it a three-way race in Banff-Kananaskis. The longtime Canmore resident officially registered on Nov.

CANMORE – Captain Taylor Evans may spend a lot of his time thousands of feet in the air, but every Remembrance Day the Snowbird pilot is brought back down to Earth to remember those who have fought and served for this country.

BOW VALLEY – A new exhibit at The Military Museums in Calgary is telling the story of the thousands of Canadians who fought with U.S. Forces in Vietnam. It’s estimated that 40,000 Canadians served with the U.S. during the Vietnam War. The U.S.