Local News

Parks Canada has released 12 parcels of land to the Town of Banff to build affordable, multi-unit rental housing to deal with the tourist town’s housing crisis.

Banff & Lake Louise Hospitality Association is calling on the provincial government to put a moratorium in place on future minimum wage hikes until further investigation into how the increases will affect Alberta’s economy.

It turns 100 years old in 2016 and is an important historical building in relation to Canmore’s mining past, but the Lamphouse sits derelict, fenced off for safety and on the brink of being beyond repair.

The Town of Canmore has signed up to join a global coalition of mayors and city officials pledged to reducing local greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to climate change.

The Town of Banff will move ahead with developing a strategy to work towards a goal of 100 per cent renewable energy community-wide by 2050.

Banff’s municipal online action request forms will see a small change in the new year with the ability for the public to provide general feedback. Currently, forms available at Banff.

Media reports indicate Banff-based Brewster Travel Canada wants to buy Maligne Tours Ltd. in Jasper. The deal was not confirmed by either Brewster or Maligne Tours, but according to The Jasper Local, Maligne Tours Ltd.

Banff is lighting up. At the request of Banff Lake Louise Tourism (BLLT) during budget deliberations, Banff town council will spend $18,500 from capital reserves to buy pageantry lighting for several areas throughout town.

Canmore’s proposed Municipal Development Plan has a brand new section in it to address development along steep creeks after the June 2013 floods demonstrated the waterways have the potential to destroy homes and infrastructure.

The Government of Alberta has accepted 15 of 16 recommendations to come out of a third-party analysis of the 2013 provincial response to the flood, considered the largest natural disaster in Canadian history.