Local News

The Town of Canmore has yet again extended its snow and ice removal contract with Volker Stevin after the province of Alberta engaged in an extension of its contract with the private company for the next two winter seasons.

Emergency crews in Banff, including local fire departments and emergency room doctors, fear patient safety is being jeopardized under Alberta Health Services’ new centralized dispatch centre for ambulances.

Organizers of a popular road biking race planned for Canmore this summer are hoping to address traffic concerns and road closure issues in advance of holding the event after council gave an OK to hold it downtown.

With more than a few huffs and puffs, firefighters of the Bow Valley took on the Bow tower in support of cancer charity Wellspring Calgary on Sunday (May 7).

Grizzly bear 148 – a well-known female bear whose home range includes the busy and developed Bow Valley in Banff – will be fitted with another tracking collar following recent close encounters with people.

A newborn Banff baby is fighting for her life in a Calgary hospital as she waits to get bigger and stronger to allow for open-heart surgery. Weighing just over 1.

A grizzly bear feeding on a carcass has prompted the closure of the Field back road in B.C. Parks Canada put the closure in place on Wednesday (May 10) and the trail will remain closed until further notice.

Living with wildlife isn’t always easy, especially when you are a municipal government tasked with ensuring land use, municipal services and policy decisions conform with being a wild-smart community.

Canmore Collegiate High School Crusader Johnny Desoto, centre, leaps over the Timberwolves goalie to make a shot on net at Millennium Field in Canmore on Wednesday (May 3). The Crusaders defeated the Timberwolves, 10-1, in the first home game of the boys soccer season.

A busy construction year in Banff last year is continuing into this year. Close to 90 development permits and 80 building permits were issued in 2016 in what was a five-year-high in development activity, with an estimated construction value of $38.