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A week after three people lost their lives when an SUV went off the road and ended up in Kananaskis Country resevoir officials have announced a full safety review will be conducted on the entire Spray Lakes Road. On Thursday, Dec.

An incident potentially fueled by road rage sent two drivers to hospital Monday (Jan. 3) with one of those drivers possibly facing charges.

Banff council has cut $110,000 in staff wages from its 2011 operating budget and chopped two staff positions for 2012; one in planning, the other a recreation project planner.

The 90-year-old Wheeler House will be demolished this month.

Cameron Barnes and his mother Mary Jane Hammond watched in horror as an SUV lost control and flipped into the Spray Lakes Reservoir, trapping James Allan and Jennifer, Jaimie and Darrin Waugh of Calgary and Cochrane, on Dec. 30.

The Town of Banff will consider a new policy that prevents bed and breakfast owners from sitting on a licence if they are not in operation.

The fire hydrant closest to Lawrence Grassi Middle School does not meet standards required by municipal guidelines for water flow.

A pair of homeowners whose houses sit just outside Canmore’s Urban Growth Boundary are asking council to include them within.

Fees for most municipal services are going up in Banff, with recreation rates and fees for using streets and public places seeing the biggest jump.

On Dec. 21, Canmore RCMP was dispatched to a broken down vehicle on the highway. On arrival, police discovered one occupant was highly intoxicated.