Local News

Construction of the new Banff Elementary School (BES) should feature shovels hitting the dirt this spring following approval by the Municipal Planning Commission (MPC).

With some $16,000 in provincial FCSS funding not yet spent in 2015, the Town of Canmore has put forward two new exciting social programs that money can be used for to improve the lives of seniors and connect neighbours with each other.

A 32-year-old Stoney Nakoda man was sentenced to five months in jail following a guilty plea to several firearm charges. Sedrick Powderface, from Morley, plead guilty on Dec.

With the help of close to half a million dollars in grant funds coming to the Town of Canmore, two new Fire Smart thinning projects will proceed in the near future.

The U.S./Canada dollar exchange rate is causing Canmore’s newest fire pumper truck to go up in price.

The death of a Stoney Nakoda man is being investigated following an “altercation” that left him critically injured on Wednesday (Dec. 16). The 28 year old died in a Calgary hospital, according to RCMP.

Parks Canada has released land to the Town of Banff to build affordable rental housing to deal with the tourist town’s housing crisis.

Banff-Airdrie Conservative MP Blake Richards has received an award for his contribution to tourism.

The family-owned Baker Creek Mountain Resort has been sold. After 29 years, Mike and Jan Huminuik decided to sell their resort along Bow Valley Parkway, west of Castle Mountain, to Calgary-based Intrinsic Investments.

The Town of Canmore has partnered with other municipalities in Alberta to create a framework for comparing municipal services to gauge how efficiently and effectively they are delivered.