Local News

CANMORE – Canmore’s elected officials have officially adopted 10 guiding principles to guide decision makers as they participate in the process of developing a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

BOW VALLEY - While fresh, locally grown commercial produce is generally not a feature of Rocky Mountain geography, a trio of valley entrepreneurs are hoping to change that with a new hydroponic operation.

BANFF – A German visitor to Banff National Park was fined $500 for flying an unmanned aerial vehicle at the end of March.

BOW VALLEY – The superintendent for the Canadian Rockies Public School board will collect a base salary of $220,000 annually for the next four years, well above the salary cap set out by the province last week.

MORLEY – A crisp afternoon at the Morley Stoney Mission Site was countered with laughter and music laden with emotion and messages of hope.

KANANASKIS - The family of a 58-year-old Calgary man who died while hiking in the backcountry in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park has identified him as Todd Sparks.

A man in his mid-twenties suffered life threatening injuries after a group he was rock climbing with were hit by a falling tree near Lake Louise on June 12.

BANFF - The community of Banff is mourning the loss of one of its young talented photographers this week after the death of Matt Snell on Friday (June 8).

A 26-year-old Banff climber is dead after a fall from Tunnel Mountain on Friday. Parks Canada public safety specialists and RCMP responded at 12:25 p.m.

CANMORE - A property at 630 10th Street may be a beautiful oasis along Policeman's Creek, but it was not tempting enough for elected officials to spend $1.2 million to purchase it.