Local News

Organizers of a new marathon planned for Banff National Park are advertising registration opens on Jan. 24 – but Parks Canada has not yet approved the event.

Organizers of the 2014 Alberta Winter Games have proposed construction of a new skating oval at Millennium Park that could host long track speed skating events, have year-round potential for indoor soccer/tennis and provide a lasting Games legacy.

The Town of Canmore has set a maximum fee of over $650,000 for PrincewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the receiver in charge of Three Sisters Mountain Village (TSMV), to complete the necessary application fees in hopes of making the land marketable in 2013.

Since forming at a general educational session in Saskatoon this past November, Idle No More protests by members and non-members of First Nations across the country have been both peaceful and, at times, disruptive.

A quota system on chain stores and restaurants in Banff would be detrimental to the local economy, according to a new study commissioned by Banff’s business heavyweights.

Cross-country ski enthusiasts are setting tracks to open up new ski trails near the Banff townsite, including at Tunnel Mountain Campground.

On Jan. 10, at approximately 1:37 a.m., Banff RCMP received a complaint of theft from the Samesun Backpackers Lodge located in the 400 block of Banff Avenue. On Jan. 9, at approximately 9:37 p.m.

This week, one of the oldest structures in town that once functioned as a church camp, day care facility and, most recently, a training ground for the fire department, will be demolished with council deciding what will go in its place sometime later

MD of Bighorn council agreed Tuesday (Jan. 8) to put $25,000 towards the final piece of the Rocky Mountain Legacy Trail which, once completed, will link the Banff National Park east gates to the Travel Alberta visitor information centre in Canmore.

Canmore RCMP seized 14 pounds of marijuana after stopping a driver for speeding on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Banff Park gate, Monday (Jan. 7) at about 11:30 p.m.