Local News

The Rocky Mountain Adaptive Sports Centre’s primary summer fundraiser has seen a drop in sponsorship support, and the organization is now asking the community to help save its event. ForeAbility, the fundraiser at SilverTip Golf Course on Sept.

Several local non-profit organizations will benefit from the Town of Canmore’s community grant program this year. At its final meeting in June, council voted to approve the delivery of this year’s community grants to 14 local non-profit groups.

Second-floor office space in a commercial building in Banff’s industrial compound is being turned into residential housing. Last month, the Municipal Planning Commission approved Tarchuk Building Supplies Ltd.

There is no bull about keeping Alberta’s waterways as uncontaminated as possible. So plans to welcome a new watering system for cattle will move forward on farms within the rural MD of Bighorn to reduce the risk of watershed contamination.

Canada 150 celebrations in Banff to kick off with a big bang.

The biggest cross-country race event to be held in Canmore since the Olympics in 1988, and a coordinated effort to hold a winter carnival at the same time, has resulted in a $6.8 million economic impact for the community.

First Nations politics is a hard type of politics. An upcoming election has caused a stir among members of the Bearspaw First Nation – one of three bands in the Stoney Nakoda Nation.

A federal health and safety officer who touched off a storm of controversy when he recommended national park wardens be equipped with handguns 16 years ago is finally able to get on with his life.

A young wolf that got into food and garbage left out by campers at Banff’ s Two Jack Lake has been killed by Parks Canada wildlife managers. Parks Canada confirmed the collared female yearling was killed on Wednesday (Aug. 3).

Canmore commuters who regularly use the intersection of Benchlands Trail and Elk Run Boulevard should prepare themselves for major road construction in the near future.