Local News

A popular Canmore event that sees the community’s main street covered in snow and trackset to let people cross-country ski through the downtown core has been cancelled for 2015.

The body of an Alberta man was discovered in waist deep snow Saturday (Nov. 29) in the season’s bleak Kananaskis backcountry. RCMP spokesperson Cpl.

Plans are underway for a high-profile powwow in Banff this summer. Arctos & Bird is organizing the one-day event, which aims to celebrate the relationship between Banff and Aboriginal Canadians, as well as recognize key individuals in Banff.

Alberta school board trustees and teachers sent a clear message to the province with roaring support of lowering the overall weight of standardized testing. A vote on a motion was held Nov.

Canmore’s recently adopted integrated transportation master plan continues to focus municipal resources on moving people around the community in different ways, including on bikes and on foot.

A young man was rushed to hospital after he suffered head trauma on Saturday (Nov. 22) following a 200-metre fall down a Kananaskis scree slope.

The Exshaw Lafarge cement plant shared its updated environmental plan on Nov. 19 during a community open house.

It’s been a mostly well-kept secret for months, but this Friday (Nov. 28), Canmore filmmaker Tracy Jacobson will share the premier of her latest project, Road to Slipstream, with a screening at Solara Resort’s Aurora Theatre.

Canmore’s treated sewage sludge will be trucked through Banff National Park to Banff’s wastewater treatment plant. On Nov.

A big change is completely altering the way the Santa’s Anonymous program is being conducted this holiday season. For the first time, food donations are not being accepted by the local charity operation.