Local News

EDMONTON – The Rocky Mountain Outlook took home nine awards, including best overall newspaper for its size, at the Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association’s annual awards event, June 1.

CANMORE – A stop-work order issued to the Friends of Kananaskis Country is expected to be lifted this week by Alberta Environment and Parks (AEP) after the non-profit organization put together a health and safety program for its volunteers.

CANMORE – Canmore’s Young Adult Network hopes to help foster a sense of community for people aged 18 to 35, and to do that the group has gotten organized.

BOW VALLEY - The province is hiring more seasonal staff to help educate and enforce rules such as keeping dogs on leash and people out of closed areas.

MORLEY - The sounds of the Tragically Hip echoed through Nakoda Elementary School on May 31 as students from the school sang songs and paid tribute to the band's front man, Gord Downie, who was a passionate advocate for Indigenous rights and reconcil

The BCHS Bears rugby girls beat their counterparts from Springbank Community High School 92-0 to win the zone title and assert their dominance in the sport, May 31.

BANFF - Aggressive coyotes have prompted a warning for people to be careful in the Banff townsite.

KANANASKIS - A 58-year-old Calgary man died while climbing in the backcountry near Rawson Lake in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, June 3. The man stumbled on snow and ice and fell approximately 50 feet to his death around 3:45 p.m.

A confirmed case of measles in Banff has led to a public health alert amid concerns people may have been exposed to the extremely contagious disease.

A lone hiker had a lucky escape after he surprised a female grizzly bear and her cub along the Lake Minnewanka shoreline trail in Banff National Park Sunday morning (June 3).