Canmore

Canmore council approved second reading of the Three Sisters Village area structure plan, while unanimously defeating the Smith Creek ASP on Tuesday. Though council had the opportunity to continue to third reading, that decision, and final approval of the bylaw, was postponed until at least May 11.

“Orphan bear cubs need rescue," said Cochrane Ecological Institute president Clio Smeeton.

Canmore's revenues and expenses were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but it still managed to see a $1.3 million surplus from its operating budget.

“One of those challenges will be too many people wanting to use the bus. I think this gives us a great opportunity to try the reservation system and determine if it is viable for our transit services, primarily our regional type services."

"If visibility is affected by sun glare, or any other environmental factor, it is still the driver’s responsibility to ensure they are proceeding safely.”

With only about two weeks before Canmore’s Main Street is closed to vehicle traffic, more details have been finalized to help local businesses on what will be the second year of the pedestrian and cycling only street.

New figures from the Town of Canmore show by the end of 2021, there could be more than 2,300 solar panels reducing 477 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions on municipally owned buildings.

According to Alberta Parks, construction work planned this summer to improve the Mount Yamnuska area in Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park would create safety issues for recreational users and contractors if hiking and climbing routes were to remain open to the public.

The book chronicles John Bjornstrom’s life and his escape from a Kamloops prison around the turn of the century to hide away in the Shuswap Lake area in an elaborately excavated 900-square-foot home. 

Cochrane RCMP charged two people for the alleged abduction of Leonine O’Driscoll-Zak, two, and Wyatt O’Driscoll-Zak, five.