Stone Creek gives $500,000 to cancer centre

While the expansion of a cancer clinic and promoting the community as a mecca for healthy living may seem like two distinct objectives to some, the pair were fortuitously combined last week during the first Canmore Life Fest. Canmore Economic Development... more

• Banff scraps budget plans
• Banff businesses optimistic about zero increase budget
• Warden service stripped prior to 100th anniversary

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Workshop to share valuable avalanche safety info

As the snow slowly begins to accumulate high in the mountains of western Canada, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is hosting its annual series of avalanche safety workshops in the unfortunately still brown and dry valley bottoms. With stops for... more

• Speaker to tackle Future of Alberta wilderness
• Climbers hit the slide shows
• Film uses powder turns to promote avalanche education

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Banff's hard-line budget a brave (and wise) move

Wow. No other words seem appropriate. In a rather breathtaking move Wednesday (Nov. 19), Banff council sent the 2009 budget back to administration and asked it to rework the document to reflect a zero per cent tax increase. That had to be... more

• Police should stop use of human stun guns
• Requests seem ill-timed
• Gov't needs to show it values foster parents more

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Foundation fears lean times

Editor" How many ways will global market conditions affect the Bow Valley in 2009? We can safely say that all pieces of the complex currency, commodity, resource and real estate pie are related, inter-related, co-related - and depending on where you sit,... more

• Article left much to be desired
• Developer explains why Palliser figures work
• Let's check the water supply

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