Canmore

"Well, I was there for a couple of days and all of a sudden my dad hands the phone to me. It was the mine boss. ‘Would you like a job for a week or two?’ He asked. Well, I stayed for about six years.”

In the 40 years since the coal mines shut down, Canmore has seen a dramatic change – but from Mineside to South Canmore and over to Teepee Town, a surprising amount of 1979 Canmore remains

If you’re a longtime Canmore resident, there is a good chance you have had your hair done at Elli’s Hair West. If not yourself, you definitely know someone who has.

Despite being founded as a railway town in the fall of 1883, Canmore came to be known for its coal mining and in particular for the fact the semi-anthracite coal found in the Cascade Coal Basin burned hot with little smoke – making it ideal for generating steam

Each year, those who worked for the mines, and their families, gather for the Miners' Day parade and reunion to celebrate Canmore's mining heritage and recognize that miners didn’t just dig coal – they built communities

CANMORE – Railway Avenue will eventually be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction as part of a new design plan to ease congestion and improve other modes of transportation such as walking and cycling.

CANMORE – The proponent of a new multi-storey commercial development project located beside Crossway Community Thrift store will need to find a way to provide more parking stalls before proceeding with any plans.

CANMORE – Following the illegal removal of trees last March from public lands, the Town of Canmore received a settlement of $27,826 in insurance funds to go towards future replanting and watering of new trees for the community.

CANMORE – A Calgary woman died after falling at the Grassi Lakes area Saturday (June 29) afternoon in what officials are calling “an extremely unfortunate accident.

CANMORE – A controversial development project in the Peaks of Grassi neighbourhood is one step closer to reality after Canmore’s subdivision authority gave its stamp of approval on July 2.