Local News

Canmore council has made it clear that when Three Sisters Mountain Village comes forward with an application for Smith Creek it will require a third party review of the environmental impact statement.

The development industry in Canmore has challenged the municipality’s project to develop employee housing inside the exit ramp of the Trans-Canada Highway as being poorly planned and an inappropriate change of use. At a public hearing held Dec.

Redevelopment of Banff’s recreation grounds is predicted to be close to $1 million over budget by the end of the 10 years – but administration is taking steps to bring the project back within the original price tag.

The University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology is asking Canmore council to provide tax relief for a new property it has acquired in the community for its programming.

Things are heating up in the kitchen of Canmore’s Bow Valley BBQ with the local food manufacturing company working on a crowd-source investor campaign with ATB to support its newest initiative – the Bow Valley Copacking Collective.

The Town of Banff is shining a light on plans for rooftop solar panels on the Fenlands recreation centre.

Several appeals have been filed against Banff’s affordable housing project on Deer Lane, including one that alleges the Town of Banff was in a conflict of interest by having a senior planner sit in on in-camera deliberations for the municipal project

Roam Transit Route Five – local transit for the Town of Canmore – is already seeing success after more than a month of operations.

Alberta’s minister of economic development and trade headed to Asia last week on a trade mission to meet with potential investors, buyers and government leaders during a 12-day trip to Japan and China.

An avalanche trigged by three scramblers resulted in a “very rough ride down” a Kananaskis Country mountain, Tuesday (Dec. 20).