Local News

The 37th annual Melissa’s Road Race is back, including a Parks Canada-approved 21-kilometre half-marathon, Saturday (Sept. 24).

A Hainan Airlines tour bus rests in the Bow River at the Castle Mountain viewpoint on the Trans-Canada Highway, Wednesday (Sept. 21). An early morning crash resulted in the death of a 53-year-old woman and injury of a 55-year-old man. Remaining tourists were evacuated to the Banff Seniors centre, where Victim Services personnel assisted them.

Clearly, the adage “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” is one which Brianna Roth and Christy Little have embraced in recent times.

Additional housing and rental options are coming to Banff in 2018 and residents were given a look at the future site and plans for a 132-unit development on Deer Lane.

A 53-year-old female is dead and a 55-year-old male is in critical condition after being struck by a tour bus on Wednesday (Sept. 21) near Castle Mountain viewpoint in Banff National Park.

The protected Burgess Shale fossils sites in Yoho and Kootenay national parks are an archaeological treasure and those caught trying to plunder it will pay a steep price.

Calgarian Paul Belanger, 27, has been arrested and charged with multiple criminal code offences following a vehicle chase in two stolen vehicles that began in the Cochrane area and ended with a crash at the Stewart Creek Golf and Country Club in Canm

When Peter and Catharine Whyte opened their facility in 1968, Banff was a very different place, the world was a very different place and, as the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies approaches its 50th anniversary as an active member of the Bow Valle

Banff RCMP are investigating an assault that occurred Monday morning (Sept. 12) in the Banff townsite. It’ s alleged between 1-2 a.m., a male assaulted a female at the Caribou and Beaver Street intersection.

Female grizzly bear 148 continues to find her way onto the deadly Trans-Canada Highway. She’s been known to cross Texas gates at both the Sunshine and Norquay interchanges, and get access to the highway near Harvie Heights.