Local News

A public meeting held at Exshaw on Tuesday (June 10) saw no issues raised with an MD of Bighorn proposal to designate the Morleyville Methodist Mission as a municipal historic resource.

In the June 27, 2013 issue of the Rocky Mountain Outlook, we published a timeline of the major events that happened during the hectic first few days.

A sardine-sized fish that thrived in the warm Cambrian seas 505 million years ago has given researchers a new understanding of the evolution of vertebrates.

A scared black bear has been up a tree in the middle of the Trans-Canada Highway east of Banff for well over 24 hours, prompting wildlife experts to warn motorists to drive carefully and obey all signs and speed limits.

A high streamflow advisory was issued for the Bow, Oldman, Milk and South Saskatchewan Rivers through the Province’s Alberta Emergency Alert system, Monday (June 16).

A bear warning is in effect for Banff’s Tunnel Mountain campground after wildlife officials received a report of a bear allegedly damaging a tent in the area.

Two Canmore Collegiate High School Grade 11 students have been accepted into the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) program at the University of Calgary this summer, where they will take part in medical research for six weeks.

Despite warnings from Parks Canada to give bears and their cubs space along Highway 93 South in Kootenay National Park, it seems some shutterbugs are not getting the message.

Banff will move ahead with a controversial user-pay parking trial this summer in five downtown lots.

A new rickshaw tour service could be up and running in Banff by the end of the month. Ottawa native Caolan Kennedy has moved to Banff to start a summer rickshaw tour service for tourists and residents.