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Event, festival fees remain the same

Event, festival fees remain the same

Licence fees for special events and festivals won’t be going up this year.
Council considering changing signage rules for upcoming election

Council considering changing signage rules for upcoming election

Canmore’s current elected officials – town council – are considering changes to the election process by opening up the possibility of a change to where election signs can be placed in the community for the upcoming municipal election.
Valley residents urged to be creative

Valley residents urged to be creative

There’s a stigma attached to the word creativity, according to local creativity expert Marci Segal, and often considered disruptive for its own sake.
Love your library gala a go

Love your library gala a go

For many in the Bow Valley, libraries like the Banff Public Library are a connection to the cultural history both of our community and communities around the world.
Parks shuttle service to Lake Louise planned

Parks shuttle service to Lake Louise planned

Parks Canada plans to have a free shuttle service between Banff and Lake Louise this summer, as well as the Minnewanka Loop, to deal with anticipated traffic and congestion nightmares in the national park.
Tender calls signals Icefields trail already a done deal

Tender calls signals Icefields trail already a done deal

Parks Canada is actively seeking a civil engineering firm to design a paved path between Jasper and the Columbia Icefield in what appears to be a growing trail of evidence suggesting this project is a done deal even though public consultation is ongo
EGGCELLENT FUN

EGGCELLENT FUN

Grizzly bear warning in place after woman, dogs chased in Banff

Grizzly bear warning in place after woman, dogs chased in Banff

A Canmore woman kick-sledding with two dogs along the Spray River Loop in Banff National Park had a close encounter with a grizzly bear that chased her for a few hundred metres.
Province expanding school nutrition program

Province expanding school nutrition program

Premier Rachel Notley, Education Minister David Eggen and Health Minister Sarah Hoffman visited Our Lady of Peace School in Edmonton April 5, to announce the school nutrition program is being expanded to every publicly funded school board over the 20
Search for bear cub home continues

Search for bear cub home continues

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.
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