Local News

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).

Banff’s reserve fund that pays out money to help preserve heritage properties is diminishing.

It may not be the most popular topic of conversation when it comes to municipal services, but wastewater and sewer systems are not only important infrastructure, they cost a fair bit to maintain and repair.

An undercover drug trafficking operation resulted in a guilty plea in Canmore Provincial Court. Brandon Blanchard, 31, from Canmore, pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking a controlled substance on Nov. 29. A sentencing date is set for Jan.

The Dead Man’s Flats “teepee” is no more. The wooden structure was torn down and removed on Nov. 21 after approval by Municipal District of Bighorn councillors. No objections to the project were made.

Peaks of Grassi homeowner Mark Gruman has won an appeal to argue all aspects of a legal challenge against the Town of Canmore in regard to a land use bylaw rezoning decision on three parcels of land in that neighbourhood.

Canmore RCMP have arrested a man in connection with a break and enter and reported shot fired that occurred on Tuesday (Dec. 13) in the mountain community.