Canmore

New memberships to the Canmore Public Library jumped by 132 per cent year-over-year for the month May after the board eliminated the annual membership fee on May 1

The KidSport Bow Valley receive a donation of $40,000 from the Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation as the number of sports funding applications it has received so far in 2019 are triple what they were last year

Banff-Kananaskis MLA Miranda Rosin said she recently submitted a four-page briefing about the issue with background information and statistics to the premier’s office, the minister of municipal affair’s office and the minister of economic development, trade and tourism’s office

Nomi Whalen was a founding member of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, a former Calgary alderman, and a well known marriage commissioner

A jogger had to use their bear spay after a female grizzly bear with two cubs charged them in the Stewart Creek area of Canmore on Wednesday morning (July 17)

“Following a legal review of the Town’s bylaw, which was done in 2018, Alberta Environment and Parks agreed to recognize the Town of Canmore’s bylaw to restrict bow hunting in Larch Island as part of public safety."

The Palliative Care Society of the Bow Valley (PCSBV) has identified a need for a two-storey, 15,000-square-foot hospice with six residential beds and capacity for day hospice palliative care programs

The coal mines in Canmore shut down officially on Friday, July 13, 1979 – this year marked the 40th anniversary of the closure with miners and their families gathering on Saturday (July 13) for the annual Miners' Day Parade down Main Street

Drew Keoughan, an area resident, said he hit the broken valve casing with his car in late September damaging one of his tires

Over the past three months, a team of volunteer cavers have been working in conjunction with the Alberta Speleological Society to shed new light on the cave’s physical dimensions, as well as the geological and hydrological processes involved in creating the cave