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In a remote corner of Banff National Park, wildlife ecologist David Gummer is learning how to build a fence that can contain bison while still providing other animals safe passage.

The community of Canmore is facing numerous challenges with how it moves into the future as a place that offers quality of life to all who choose to call it home.

Canmore can officially say it is one of 60 municipalities in southern Alberta that are working towards establishing a waste to energy operation as a way to deal with increasing amounts of household garbage being generated.

Bear 122 is back. The approximately 300-kilogram grizzly bear, the dominant male in the Bow Valley known as The Boss, was seen on the train tracks along Bow Valley Parkway, Saturday (March 5). It’s believed he’s the first grizzly out of the den.

Building height, traffic congestion, fire department response and sense of neighbourhood were all voiced as concerns at a public hearing on a direct control district for a proposed Coast Hotel apartment, Tuesday (March 3).

Short-term flood mitigation on Pigeon Creek in Dead Man’s Flats could begin this April. But first, flood mitigation specialists and the small mountain community will have to agree on a final mitigation design for the mountain stream.

The property owners of an unfinished golf course in Canmore are hoping the community will participate in creating a new vision for the lands into the future.

The brand new arts centre in Canmore operated by the Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation has finished off the 2015 fiscal year with a slightly smaller than expected deficit.

Efforts to reduce humans and their off-leash furry friends from using a habitat patch near Quarry Lake have resulted in the approval of a significant pilot project.

Pint-sized learners in Banff have new education options emerging this year. Canadian Rockies Public Schools (CRPS) will offer French immersion to Banff and Lake Louise area kindergarteners, sparing tykes a lengthy trip down the highway.