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A bold wolf pack took down an elk on top of the Canadian Pacific Railway overpass at the east entrance to the Banff townsite last weekend, giving several onlookers a firsthand look at the wonder of nature.

Several municipalities are all aboard on a plan to seek provincial government funding to do a feasibility study into the return of passenger rail service from Calgary to Banff on existing train tracks. As of Monday (Feb.

They arrived fresh from a Timmy's run, bright red Roll up the Rim cups in hand.

With a clear priority to address traffic and congestion in Canmore as well as establish a local transit route – transportation is a hot topic of conversation within the municipality.

The number of wildlife occurrences in Banff National Park, including encounters with bears, continues to increase at the same time the number of visitors to Canada's flagship national park soars.

Plans to reintroduce bison into Banff National Park are moving along as planned, according to officials with Parks Canada, and this summer the idea is to locate several of the species in the backcountry so horses may get used to them.

It is only the third year of Canmore’s culinary festival Uncorked, but the young event has a really big win to brag about this year – being named Canadian event of the year.

Canmore residents were involved in a hectic weekend that caused death and injury in separate avalanches in the B.C. backcountry. The incidents shadowed a public awareness warning issued for the area from Avalanche Canada.

The Town of Banff will hire another part-time employee and buy additional equipment in order to do a better job of snow and ice clearing along sidewalks used by seniors between the downtown core and seniors’ residences. At a meeting Monday (Feb.

A Canmore group is knitting together tiny stuffed toys to bring children joy. The Origin Knitters ladies get together once a week to create Izzy Dolls, or comfort dolls, in the Origin at Spring Creek recreation room.