Local News

Sometimes great things come out of a round of golf. That’s exactly what happened one day in May, when four Stewart Creek Golf Club members were having a well-deserved beverage after 18 holes on the course.

Most areas of the mountain national parks are in a situation of high or extreme fire danger. Lake Louise, Yoho, and Kootenay field units are rated extreme, while Banff field unit continues to see a high fire hazard.

There are only nine men still alive who worked underground in the Canmore Mines before they closed for good on Black Friday, July 13, 1979.

Banff looks set to get two more bed and breakfast homes to offer visitors alternatives in accommodation.

The Town of Canmore has been holding a place in its capital budget for improvements to the Rec Centre after Elevation Place was developed, but it turns out that $5 million will be needed to fix one of the arena roofs instead.

This Sunday (July 12), from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m., The Yoga Lounge (2nd floor – 826 8th St.) is hosting a 108 Oms for Nepal fundraiser to help those affected by the earthquake event.

The community advisory group that will assist Three Sisters Mountain Village and the Town of Canmore in creating an overarching plan for the final phases of development at the east end of the community has been named and a terms of reference document

When a rainstorm washes over the Bow Valley, an alert group of Exshaw residents keep a watchful eye on rising pools of water in their neighbourhood.

While shooting in Fort McMurray during the making of his award-winning film, White Water Black Gold, director and producer David Lavallee learned the vehicle he drove mattered.

The Town of Banff has hired an independent contractor to study long-term solutions for Banff’s parking and traffic woes, including the feasibility of an aerial gondola transit system.