Banff

Children and youth are allowed to practice minor sports starting Monday (Feb. 8).

Banff councillor Brian Standish says giving a 1.4 cost-of-living increase to Town of Banff staff is a 'slap in the face' to residents out of work in the tourist town

“I consider myself right in the middle on this,” said Where the Buffalo Roam's Mitch Narver. “I do want to go back to work, but I don’t want to go too early. As to whether or not this is too early, I really couldn’t say, because the numbers have been dropping pretty significantly, but they aren’t exactly non-existent at this point.”

“We can’t remove the trains coming through, but we can silence them,” said Banff resident and wildlife scientist Tony Clevenger.

“It can spread and spread quickly, and even though you may not die from it when you’re 23 or 24, you may spread it to someone who can die or become seriously ill.”

The 10-year funding agreement between STARS air ambulance and Alberta Health Services expired in 2019. However, before a new one can be finalized, a provincial review of helicopter emergency medical services must be completed first. The non-profit also has another $15 million to raise to complete its $135 million campaign to replace its nine BK117 helicopters in western Canada with the H145 model.

A man charged in connection with a robbery at Banff IGA on Jan. 26 will appear in Canmore Provincial Court on Feb. 3.

“That means trying to push them to make changes for the better where we can, that means trying to criticize with the intent of seeing improvement to the programs that exist, that means pushing them to get our economy reopened, to have a vaccine plan. All of those things that I’ve talked about, that is the first and foremost job.”

A 23-year-old woman from Kelowna, B.C. was killed in the rollover on the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff on Wednesday evening (Jan. 27) at approximately 6:50 p.m.

The Town of Banff hopes to start construction of a new pedestrian bridge linking the Banff recreation grounds and Central Park no later than fall 2021.