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An agreement on what compensation will be offered by the Town of Canmore to the owners of the Canmore Hotel for historic designation of the 125-year-old building has not raised any concerns with downtown business owners.

With a number of future grant approvals still in question, Canmore council will consider helping the local museum reach its fundraising goal for a new exhibit to be installed this year.

An Edmonton man is dead after drowning on Sunday (May 31) afternoon in the Johnston Canyon area in Banff National Park.

A train carrying dangerous goods derails near the Banff townsite, threatening public safety and the environment.

Water security and climate security are inseparable; one is implicit in the other. Such is a main conclusion of a new report published by the United Nations University’s Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-IWEH).

Property assessments are out and Canmore owners can expect to put a total of $19.95 million in taxes into municipal coffers in 2015. The total municipal property tax bill for the community is 5.72 per cent, or $1 million more than the $18.

Development and building permit fees will be waived for participants in Banff’s new solar system incentive program.

The Town of Canmore made it through the 2014 fiscal year with a few extra dollars in the bank – $1.7 million to be exact.

Climbers Nancy Hansen and Ralf Dujmovits are safe on Mount Everest and waiting to hear from the Chinese government if they can continue their expedition up the mountain’s north couloir without oxygen following the deadly earthquake in Nepal.

They are ghosts of the forest. Silent, like a fog, moving on padded paw through dense underbrush, secluded trails and mountainous slopes. They are rarely seen, yet haunt even the hardiest of mountain dwellers.