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Canadian Pacific Railway has filed an appeal against a Town of Banff move to prevent the railway giant from demolishing a century-old icebox building – believed to be one of the few remaining in Western Canada.

Students are talking a big game and winning awards while doing it. It’s been a strong start to 2016-17 for Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy’s Speech and Debate Club following two home tournaments – a tuneup for speech regionals in December.

A year out from the 2017 municipal election, several Banff politicians say they plan to seek another term on council, while others are playing their cards closer to their chests or remain undecided.

This week, Canmore’s elected officials began considering operating and capital budgets for the municipality over the next two years.

Colloquial sayings in regard to families doing something as a group are many, it seems.

Rema, left, Antranik (holding Tia), Sarkis, Eklas and Sevan Kahkejian at the Ralph Connor Memorial United Church in Canmore on Monday (Nov. 7). The Kahkejians now call the Bow Valley home after fleeing the Syrian civil war.

A man offering free accommodation to a woman in exchange for sex just took the horror stories of trying to find a place to live in the Bow Valley’s tight rental market to a whole new level.

Banff’s tourism industry is looking to do a study in 2017 to get a handle on what the economic losses are for the region, and beyond, in association with critical labour shortages during busy summer months. A recent economic impact study in B.C.

What words could possibly be used to describe his family's final days in Syria, wondered Antranik Kahkejian. Here's the thing: it's tough to explain. Bombings had left their apartment building in disarray. Crying .

The Canmore Folk Music Festival is hoping elected officials in the community will see the value in contributing funds towards its 40th anniversary celebration.