Local News

Banff skateboarders won’t be made to wear helmets on local streets any time soon.

Canadian Pacific Railway is investigating the derailment of a freight train near Field townsite in the early morning hours of Friday (Nov. 23). Eight cars left the tracks about half a kilometre east of Field just after 3 a.m.

Approximately 50 to 70 feral rabbits within Canmore are set to be moved to an acreage northwest of Calgary, however, the founder of the organization in charge of the relocation is not convinced the community is delivering enough support to find homes

Love them or hate them, it appears southern Alberta’s famed chinooks appear to have had an effect in stopping the eastern spread of mountain pine beetle from the Red Deer River down to the U.S. border.

Despite 62 per cent of school boards within the province deciding no policy should be adopted to protect sexual minorities, the Canadian Rockies Public School Board (CRPS) is standing firm on its commitment to ensure everyone’s rights are adhered to.

Banff National Park wardens are seeking the public’s help in tracking down the culprits responsible for dumping a skinned and headless lynx in a Banff garbage bin. The frozen lynx carcass was found in a bear-proof dumpster on St.

Cochrane RCMP have arrested and charged four people in connection with a $1.1 million fire that destroyed the Chief Chiniki Restaurant on the Trans-Canada Highway on Aug. 21.

Banff politicians are being asked to revisit their decision to chargeback for janitorial services to the library and day care amid arguments those additional costs are financially hurting both organizations.

Banff’s snow clearing reserve was given a bit of a boost after it was discovered $14,800 had been sitting in an account since 2006 for a project Banff’s politicians have no interest in pursuing.

Banff taxpayers may end up contributing to the Banff Housing Corporation for the first time – but only if the work involved is deemed of benefit to the community as a whole.