Local News

The Banff Centre’s ambitious $900 million expansion plans, including building new facilities in downtown Banff, have been dramatically scaled back.

A stricter plan for air monitoring and fugitive dust was added to Lafarge’s expansion extension requirement by the province earlier this month.

AltatLink provided an update to MD of Bighorn ratepayers for a proposed relocation of the 754L transmission line near Exshaw on Tuesday (June 23) with an idea that may avoid conflict with a local osprey nest.

Eleven former senior Parks Canada managers are voicing opposition to massive expansion plans for the Lake Louise ski hill.

Kananaskis Country’s William Watson Lodge celebrated a ribbon cutting ceremony for its comfort camping facility on Saturday (June 20).

A new safety tool to assist in emergencies was unveiled at Banff Mineral Springs Hospital (BMS) after a grant paved the way for the equipment’s accessibility.

Grade 8 students from Lawrence Grassi Middle School had a chance to discover the wild side of Banff National Park last week.

Parks Canada rescuers plucked an experienced kayaker from a steep canyon on the Yoho River last Friday (June 19). The paddler, who was kayaking with three friends, flipped his kayak on the fast flowing river in Yoho Canyon, about 3 p.m.

The fate of a famous mamma bear in Lake Louise is unknown. Bear 72, a 22-year-old female grizzly bear and the so-called matriarch of the Lake Louise area, did not show up this spring, leading to suspicions she may have died of old age.

A woman is dead and a man is in serious, but stable condition after a fatal highway rollover west of Morley today (June 23).