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Banff residents seem to be divided on the controversial issue of paid parking, though younger residents are more likely to be supportive.

Residents and visitors in Banff and Canmore are being reminded to be on alert during elk calving season, a time of year when protective mothers will aggressively protect their newborns by charging at people.

The Canmore Hospital Ladies Auxiliary is known for lending a helping hand in the community and for the struggling group the saying, “what goes around, comes around” has shone through.

It has been a “labour of love” for a local literacy program responsible for distributing over 65,000 books to children.

The long-awaited redevelopment of the Homestead Inn, which has been subject to many appeals over the past few years, can now proceed.

In keeping with local municipal government efforts to reduce traffic and congestion in valley towns, Canmore council unanimously decided to ante up $17,400 to take part in a summer transit pilot project.

The breeding male of the Bow Valley wolf pack may be denning at an historic den site in the remote Spray Valley of Banff National Park.

When Eric Schmadtke found himself living in Canmore several years ago, he noticed there was a unique ecosystem within which the community existed and it was not related to the environment.

In keeping with the democratic process, one of the issues raised in regard to the possibility of controlling campaign signs for the 2017 municipal election, Canmore council will go to the people.

Members of the Biosphere Institute and Banff Community High School's green team lean over a home-made rain barrel, one of 32 built for a BCHS fundraiser held at the school on Saturday (May 13). The green team partnered with the institute for a year-long focus on water resource management and promoting the ecological use of water.