Local News

A nine-year-old girl has died due to injuries sustained in a skiing accident on Sunday (Dec. 6) at a popular Kananaskis Country slope. Alberta Alpine confirmed the young skier’ s death in a release on Tuesday (Dec. 8).

The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies is looking to put Banff’s two local newspapers on microfilm to preserve them into the future.

With climate change and its effects on global weather patterns being contended with the world over, the reality of milder winters and hotter summers has clear implications for ski resorts both in Western Canada and their neighbours to the south.

A move to implement paid parking as part of the planned $7.2 million redevelopment of the Banff Recreation Grounds was narrowly shot down by Banff politicians. At a service level review meeting on Monday (Nov.

As the holiday season takes hold in the Bow Valley, a local charity is looking to make giving a two-way street.

The Town of Banff wants to construct a $1.2 million pre-engineered elevated waste and recycling facility in the industrial compound, which would also house a re-use it centre below.

Drive by shootings at a Morley residence and the Stoney Education Authority office are under investigation, according to Cochrane RCMP. RCMP seized one rifle after executing a search warrant at a Stoney residence on Tuesday (Dec.

The provincial government is expanding the number of possible flood scenarios it will consider in a hydrology assessment of the Bow River in a new hazard study currently underway.

An aging giant was shut down at the Lafarge Exshaw cement plant this week as part of a provincial environmental requirement as the company prepares to go online with its expansion.

Banff politicians are considering a trial facelift for Wolf and Caribou Streets in downtown Banff.