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Banff politicians want a clearer policy created on who is responsible for clearing sidewalks.

Small businesses in Banff and Lake Louise are voicing opposition to the federal government’s proposed tax changes aimed at closing loopholes that allow wealthy Canadians to avoid higher tax rates.

Dozens gathered in Canmore last weekend to support the community and express affection for Bow Valley wildlife after well-known grizzly bear 148 was relocated out of the valley and killed soon after by a hunter.

Ninth grade students at Canmore Collegiate High School (CCHS) will work 9 to 5 this January for a pilot program aimed to introduce 14- and 15-year-olds to the workplace and ignite ideas for future careers.

A handful of homeowners along Spring Creek Drive who have been living with a construction zone on their doorsteps this spring and summer have the sympathy of their elected officials, but not their approval for a tax break as relief.

The Rocky Mountain Outlook put a number of questions to hopefuls running for a seat in the Oct. 16 municipal election.

There are more permanent residents living in Canmore than ever before and the community has taken the dubious honour of being the most expensive place to live in all of Alberta.

Canmore’s elected officials accepted a policy that will guide the municipality toward reconciliation, including changing local signage to include translations in Treaty 7 languages. Council voted unanimously at its Oct.

Opportunistic and hungry black bears are heading into town almost daily to feast on crabapples and other fruit trees.

The statistic is staggering to comprehend. In an especially marginalized ethnic group in a rugged district of Nepal south of the bustling capital city of Kathmandu, only one per cent of women can read and write.