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Plans to designate a series of existing trails in Banff as a Commonwealth walkway in honour of Queen Elizabeth II for the Canada 150 celebrations next year are well underway.

A new plan to recover Alberta’s threatened woodland caribou populations calls for a large fenced-in caribou rearing facility to help boost the critically low numbers in the Little Smoky herd.

The alignment of the final required wildlife corridor on Three Sisters Mountain Village lands is being submitted to the province of Alberta this week by the developer.

With a fresh new direction and strategic plan in place, Canmore’s Downtown Business Association is focused on several important projects this year including creating vibrancy in downtown core.

Treading carefully on late season snowpack, which inevitably gives way to sporadic knee-deep post-holing, Nicolas Leroux, a PhD candidate from France, and his supervisor, Dr.

What appeared to be a last minute change to the fees charged to downtown businesses for installing in-street patios has caused a bit of consternation for local businesses in Canmore.

The Bow Valley wolf pack has so far kept away from humans since the shooting death of the bold alpha female last week.

The MD of Bighorn is about to butt heads with the Town of Canmore over the Dead Man’s Flats area structure plan and wildlife corridor experts worry connectivity for wildlife in the Bow Valley could become plugged up in what they are calling a “vital”

Castle Mountain campground in Banff National Park has been closed until further notice due to a black bear displaying “bold behaviour” in the area.

A locally made video series advocating literacy and nutrition will be featured on the Canadian Rockies Public Schools (CRPS) website for parents, teachers and students to see.