Local News

The Town of Banff ended 2012 in the black to the tune of $165,154.

Canmore council has increased its budget for capital projects by $2.27 million, which will be funded from debt, to construct a regional waste transfer station and a municipal materials recycling facility at the Town’s wastewater treatment plant.

The Canmore Miners’ Union Hall is one of the last remnants of the town’s coal mining history and over the next few months the building will be renovated to celebrate that history while also increasing its presence as a centre for the arts.

In a beautifully lit alcove looking out towards the western slope of Mount Rundle, Banff gallery owner and award-winning artist Wendy Wacko takes a moment to prepare for her week-long stay at The Fairmont Banff Springs as April’s artist in residence.

The new aquatics centre within Elevation Place is finally open to the public following months of delays and setbacks, however, the initial response has resulted in three nights of full capacity starting this past Monday (April 15).

Ice users at the Fenlands recreation centre in Banff may end up paying higher fees to help pay for the operational costs of running the redeveloped facility to ease the burden on local taxpayers.

Canmore RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a male who abducted a dog at the Sobey’s parking lot while its owner was in the store. The dog eventually fled the individual and returned to its owner’s home.

A proposal to give businesses the right to transfer and sell existing commercial space may open the door for the potential to breach Banff’s legislated commercial development cap.

A 32-year-old experienced ski mountaineer fell 35 metres to his death into a crevasse while descending a glacier on Mount Hector on Sunday (April 14).

Congregrations of the Bow Valley’s Lady of the Rockies Parish gathered for a blessing of the site of a brand new church, Sunday (April 14).