MD of Bighorn

RCMP advised motorists to expect delays with a temporary planned closure of a roughly 16-km stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in Yoho National Park near Field in both directions on Wednesday for avalanche control work.

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“This is a high-level approval. The next stage is the conceptual scheme and the next stage is development permit. At each stage we refine the information.”

One person died in a house fire Sunday morning on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, according to the Nakoda Emergency Management and Services.

Mark Tkacz is the third Bow Valley resident seeking the provincial NDP nomination for the constituency of Banff-Kananaskis, joining Canmore residents Sarah Elmeligi and Gavin McCaffrey.

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

Banff has three active COVID-19 cases while Canmore has seven. In the MD of Bighorn, 15 people currently have COVID-19.

PHOTOS: The past week in photography in the Bow Valley

“We're trying to present a more complete picture, a more complete chronology of what we did over there. (It’s) an overview of what we did in Afghanistan, but it's still a better chronology of what's been presented to date."

“There’s a lot of real and neat interesting connections to Banff through the military. Banff has quite a history. There’s a great history in the town.”