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A new home for three tiny black bears dumped and locked inside a washroom near Banff almost two weeks ago may be finalized by the end of the week.

It was a good news day for the Banff Child Care Centre last week when the Province of Alberta announced it would invest $30 million to create new daycare spaces over the next three years that would be available to families that need it for $25 a day.

Parks Canada’s controversial proposal for a 107-kilometre paved trail between Jasper and the Columbia Icefield, and eventually extending another 123-km to Lake Louise, appears to have been a done deal all along.

After three decades of helping people around the world, Dr. Bill Hanlon is being awarded a prestigious medical award from Ireland that honours those who make exceptional contributions to medicine and society.

Jim Santa Lucia, who fought for Canada in the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) during the Korean War, lays a wreath for the regiment during Vimy Ridge remembrance at the Banff Legion on Sunday (April 9). PPCLI fought as part of the Canadian Corps during the battle for Vimy Ridge from April 9-12 in 1917. For more on the Bow Valley Vimy Ridge remembrance ceremonies, see page 4.

Just a few weeks after launching a brand new program to help lower income residents of Canmore afford municipal programs and services, the Town of Canmore’s affordability program has a new area to provide additional savings.

Officials with the Stoney Nakoda First Nation are calling upon the province and other municipalities in the Bow Valley to include them in economic development conversations that occur in the future.

If there is one lesson Vincent Behm has tried to impart to his students, it’s the importance of learning and growth. Now it is time for Behm, the principal of Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy in Canmore for the last eight years, to grow.

While Alberta Environment and Parks assesses the application for the final wildlife corridor in Canmore to be designated, elected officials and community members are also trying to understand the major development application associated with it and i

A two-year-old collared wolf from the Bow Valley pack went on an impressive walkabout to an area near Trout Lake in B.C. where he was shot and killed by a hunter about two weeks ago.