Local News

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.

A fence could end up being built around Banff’s entire Recreation Grounds in a bid to keep both wildlife and people safe. At a meeting Monday (Nov.

Wildlife, including cougars, are moving closer into town in Canmore in search of food. A cougar was seen hunting a deer in a busy residential neighbourhood on Pioneer Road around 5:30 p.m., Monday (Nov. 30).

A local letter writing initiative has brought a generation apart, together. Grade 4 students at Lawrence Grassi Middle School (LGMS) are bonding with people aged 55 and up through the Grand Pals letter exchange program.

Members and students of a newly formed international student exchange program between Canadian Rockies Public Schools (CRPS) and teachers and students visiting from Finland spent Friday (Nov.

Bow Valley schools were gifted with over $40,000 in grants as part of Banff Canmore Community Foundation’s (BCCF) efforts. On Tuesday (Dec. 1), BCCF distributed $115,000 in annual grants to the community.