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Although it might be significantly difficult to enforce, the Town of Canmore has made it officially illegal for residents in the community to place items that could be recycled into the garbage.

A pilot project to expand an off-leash dog area in Canmore has hit a bump in the trail just two weeks in – somebody has vandalized signage and infrastructure installed by the municipality.

Eleven-year-old Hashin Thoubhary wants Canmore to ask him anything about Islam. The pint-sized activist, along with his Muslim youth organization, put forward a peaceful message of social change in the streets of Canmore on Monday (Aug. 29).

The body of a 38-year-old male BASE jumper was recovered near Canmore on Sunday evening (Aug. 28). Local RCMP are investigating the incident, and said the wing-suit jumper died after an unsuccessful jump off Grotto Mountain.

Popular Johnson Lake in Banff, closed by Parks Canada for stated fish management purposes last week, has now been confirmed as having been affected by Whirling Disease. On Tuesday (Aug.

The Heart and Hands Foundation is once again offering residents the chance to participate in voluntourism, an enterprise that combines tourism with volunteer work.

A Canmore construction company and a subcontractor from B.C. face multiple Occupational Health and Safety charges in provincial court two years after a workplace accident occurred near Dead Man’s Flats.

The inaugural Morley Pride event this weekend is set to break through taboo barriers and celebrate the two-spirit community. The Drag Diva Cabaret event takes place Saturday (Aug.

Volunteers from throughout the community and Southern Alberta gathered in the hamlet of Dead Man’s Flats on Saturday (Aug. 20) to do their part in the ongoing cleanup following the 2013 flood.

A Tsuut’ina man armed with a sword has been arrested on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation.