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GoPro cameras are used by skiers, surfers, mountain bikers, kayakers and paragliders to record their adventures – they’ve even been used to film inside the mouths of alligators, sharks and polar bears.

Having seen up close and personal what can be accomplished with relatively little in foreign aid, David Fafard despairs for regions feeling the pinch of Canadian government cutbacks.

For the fifth year in a row, the Mountain Grannies have teamed up with local potters and restaurants to raise funds for a good cause.

Retailers will be allowed to display merchandise on Banff’s downtown public sidewalks in a bid to encourage more shoppers to go into stores as part of a pilot project to be launched this summer.

Banff property owners can expect to see their assessment notices in the mail by week’s end – with residential property values remaining relatively flat and commercial properties increasing for the first time in years.

Residents in the Bow Valley have a chance to put on their dancing shoes and kick a few bucks to grizzly bear research this weekend during a fundraiser being hosted at Communitea Cafe in Canmore.

Bow Valley elk live in a fragmented and dangerous world.

Paragliding and hang-gliding are one step closer to legally getting off the ground in Banff National Park. While still a forbidden activity in Banff, changes to national park aircraft regulations on Feb.

Banff’s rescuers were kept busy as a big dump of snow hit the mountains, Sunday (Feb. 17).

Monitoring wildlife populations in the remote and rugged backcountry of Banff National Park can be tough at the best of times – not to mention the fact that some of the animals are rare and elusive.