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JANUARY: Cleanup and investigation continued into a major train derailment that saw eight cars containing soybeans and fly ash plunge into 40 Mile Creek, Dec. 26, 2014.

It would be fair to say there is never a dull moment in Canmore and throughout 2015 that proved to be the case.

The number of birds seen in the 41st annual Christmas bird count in Banff and Canmore was 4,581 – almost double the number from last year and higher than many years in the past two decades. The Dec.

Sunshine Village Ski and Snowboard Resort is investigating a gearbox failure in its Goats Eye chairlift after the newly installed piece of equipment failed over the weekend resulting in 100 riders being rescued from the lift.

Parks Canada has released 12 parcels of land to the Town of Banff to build affordable, multi-unit rental housing to deal with the tourist town’s housing crisis.

Banff & Lake Louise Hospitality Association is calling on the provincial government to put a moratorium in place on future minimum wage hikes until further investigation into how the increases will affect Alberta’s economy.

It turns 100 years old in 2016 and is an important historical building in relation to Canmore’s mining past, but the Lamphouse sits derelict, fenced off for safety and on the brink of being beyond repair.

The Town of Canmore has signed up to join a global coalition of mayors and city officials pledged to reducing local greenhouse gas emissions and improve resilience to climate change.

The Town of Banff will move ahead with developing a strategy to work towards a goal of 100 per cent renewable energy community-wide by 2050.

Banff’s municipal online action request forms will see a small change in the new year with the ability for the public to provide general feedback. Currently, forms available at Banff.