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While the Stoney Nakoda First Nations have applied to have 161 names of geographical places and communities changed, it turns out not everything they have applied for is actually possible.

Alberta’s Bill 24, an act to support gay-straight alliances (GSA), passed in the legislature last week, ending months of rhetorical build up between the NDP and UCP.

Canmore’s newly elected officials were considering eliminating the public question period that occurs before every regular council meeting for the municipality, but have decided to keep it, with a few important changes.

Unexplained deaths of at least four ungulates around the Banff townsite has led Parks Canada to test for possible disease in the local deer population.

The chair of the Bow Valley's public school board has been named as part of the executive of a provincial body that advocates for public boards in the province.

A gut pile from a freshly killed elk close to residential homes and busy trails near Larch Island has renewed calls for the Alberta government to change provincial hunting boundaries in Canmore.

If ski towns in Colorado that allow legal cannabis sales are any indication, the future of retail business for the weed industry in the Bow Valley once July 2018 rolls around in Canada will be booming.

There is a mountain ridge west of Canmore, near the summit of Sir Charles Stewart Mountain, with an unofficial name which is considered offensive for many in the Bow Valley.

Canmore's Christmas Spirit Campaign is working to make the holiday season the most wonderful time of the year for Canmore, Exshaw and Morley residents.

Several people are lucky to be alive after being swept away in two separate avalanches on the weekend – one in Kananaskis Country, the other in Banff National Park.