Mountain Guide

The debut novel, Stuck With You, from Canmore author and romance writer Fortune Whelan is available Tuesday (April 5).

“We are a community minded festival. Our mission statement is to bring people together for a shared love of folk music. It feels that way. I think it is going to be that sense of getting back together and we will be enjoying wonderful music in a beautiful setting.”

“Our communities face unique challenges when it comes to affordability and access to programs that foster positive mental and physical wellness. Financial assistance for programs like these provide healthy experiences and help promote positive outcomes at the community level.”

“It took a lot of courage for them to step back and reconsider the approach and I want to commend them for taking that courage and coming up with a new approach that’s going to feel better for the whole town.”

“For something like this and we didn’t have the processes in place, that’s a pretty good number. There was a lot of positive feedback combined with some negative as well. There’s room for improvement, but there was also a lot of benefits.”

"It's exciting to be playing for live audiences again. Live streaming was a necessary tool and it provided access throughout the pandemic. There's no replacing the emotional exchange that occurs between artist and audience during a live performance."

Being nominated for a Juno Award is a big deal. When you’re a music teacher at a small school nestled in the Canadian Rocky Mountains that nomination can come as something of a surprise.

Bow Valley musicians and fans of music: Tommy's Unplugged in Banff is back with cash prizes and new gig opportunities

“Everyone is feeling their mental health right now and I feel like it's so wise to talk about these things, especially with children. The children are really grieving, processing change, becoming resilient as they react to change and this program can support them in those processes.”

New for the Mountain Book Festival Competition in 2022, the former Mountain Environment and Natural History Award will now be the Environmental Literature Award, which broadens this category to include works on climate change and environmental literature.