MD of Bighorn

The past year was a busy year for residents of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, the MD of Bighorn and Kananaskis Country.

The six-year agreement will see the MD of Bighorn's contribution toward recreation services provided by the Town of Canmore increase from $47,020 to $110,271.

“It is important that we remember spread of the virus can and will occur any time if we don’t continue to limit our close contacts with each other … 96 per cent of our total case count has occurred since the last week of October.”

"While no one has died yet, there have been some serious near misses and people are ignoring the no stopping signs and any attempt by Alberta Transportation to try and curb that type of activity." 

The new tastes of the Bow Valley are here

It is illegal to park along the side of a provincial highway, however that has not deterred Albertans flocking to outdoor recreation destinations like Gap Lake – which resulted in a multi-vehicle collision along the 1A Highway on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 28)

While residents of the eastern end of Exshaw and elected officials in the MD of Bighorn were hoping for more answers regarding the connection between steep creek mitigation in Exshaw Creek and groundwater flooding this spring, a recently completed hydrogeologist report recommended further analysis and data collection

The Sanctuary is now fundraising to help cover the costs associated with rescuing the animals and providing them with new enclosures

“The huge relief was knowing when I was at home going to bed if I woke up at three o’clock in the morning I wasn’t going to have to worry about where our horses were going to go,” said Jamieson Road rancher Sarah Rich. “Horses are super important to us.”

Council brought up concerns the new documents might complicate new development and requested an additional month to review the proposed guidelines