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What do you do when you are about to host a world cup alpine racing event and all of a sudden power to your ski hill is no longer available? If you’re the staff at Lake Louise Ski Area, you keep calm and carry on.

The legalization of recreational cannabis is on the horizon – set for July 1, 2018 – but some legislation introduced related to workplace safety has one local lawyer seeing red, or perhaps green, flags.

For a few brief hours last Thursday (Nov. 30), High Rollers in Banff was more ’70s than ’17 as the men of Movember unveiled a month’s worth of moustaches.

Lake Louise Ski Area has entered a guilty plea to charges it faced under the Species at Risk and National Parks acts in court this week, but the case was postponed for an agreed set of facts to be presented to the judge for sentencing.

In the wake of one of the worst ever fire seasons in Alberta and B.C., Parks Canada is doing a comprehensive wildfire risk assessment for the mountain national parks, including Banff and the townsite. As part of budget deliberations Monday (Dec.

Banff-Airdrie Conservative MP Blake Richards made headlines last week after he was called out by name and escorted out of the House of Commons when he refused to refrain from heckling.

While the City of Calgary has been exploring whether or not to submit a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, some feel Canmore has been left out of the process so far, despite the fact it would potentially host snow sports and an athlete villag

Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Philips has met with Canmore Mayor John Borrowman amid concerns over bow hunting on Larch Island and ongoing calls to remove the area from the hunting zone.

Redevelopment of the Voyager Inn is moving ahead after approval was given to Husky Energy’s transfer of unused commercial space from its gas station redevelopment – the first time this has happened under Banff’s growth management rules.

The Town of Banff has no appetite for funding a $20,000 pancake breakfast for Canada Day next year – and unless someone steps up to the plate the traditional event won’t happen. At a meeting Wednesday (Nov.