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A new Banff council policy will set direction for which policies are to be set by council or by the town manager.

Banff hoteliers are voicing concerns about the Alberta NDP’s plans to boost the minimum wage. The Alberta NDP has pledged to raise the minimum wage in stages from $10.20 to $15 by 2018.

Business and user groups are voicing support for expansion plans for the Lake Louise ski area, while conservationists are worried about the ecological effects of more commercial development and increased skier capacity in Canada’s flagship national p

One person is dead and another was airlifted to hospital following a three-vehicle collision north of Lake Louise on Friday, June 12. Lake Louise RCMP responded to the fatal collision at approximately 2:27 p.m. and continue to investigate.

Conservationists are worried the potential for increased summer use hours at the Lake Louise ski hill will be bad for grizzly bears.

Canmore’s downtown businesses are beginning to save funds to put toward future enhancements in the community’s core once the municipality moves forward with plans for capital improvements to the area.

Fish and Wildlife Officers are investigating incidents of people entering a restricted area under the Wildlife Act that was taped off last week in Canmore due to an aggressive elk protecting a calf.

One of the key arguments those appealing an approval to redevelop the Homestead Inn in Banff put forward at a hearing last week is that subdivision of the site should have been completed before any development considerations were made.

Canmore council passed several amendments to its procedural bylaw to improve how the public participates at meetings.

Sixteen Banff businesses and residential homeowners were successful in a random lottery to be part of the municipality’s first-of-a-kind financial incentive program to plug into solar.