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Controversial legislation allowing Banff businesses to trade or sell existing built commercial space is one step closer to reality – but Parks Canada wants to make sure the commercial development cap is protected before signing off.

During its last meeting before summer recess, Canmore council voted to financially support the Canmore Community Daycare Society.

Canmore RCMP have identified and processed a suspect that indecently exposed himself in front of teenage girls on two occasions. The first incident occurred last Friday (July 5) at Quarry Lake in the early afternoon.

Canmore council voted recently to purchase renewable energy certificates for 100 per cent of the Town’s electrical consumption.

Lights on Banff’s new pedestrian bridge across the Bow River will be turned off at night. The Town of Banff installed a timing system last week, which means lights on the bridge will now shut off at 11 p.m. and turn back on at 5 a.m.

A Parks Canada staff accommodation building located near the east gate on the Trans-Canada Highway was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Wednesday (July 10).

It may have stopped raining and the state of emergency lifted, but many residents of the hamlet of Exshaw continue to deal with water in their homes and mud everywhere as a result of the June flood event.

In an effort to remove what some on council considered a discriminatory tax practice, Canmore politicians voted to change how some tourist homes are assessed.

The Government of Alberta quickly launched its disaster recovery centre in Canmore last week, but available flood relief funds are only for those who had their primary residence damaged.

The Pocaterra trail is one of the most popular routes in Kananaskis Country. From it, hikers can access the Whiskeyjack trails, the fire lookout and beyond into the dense backcountry.