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Public school libraries will only be open to students four days a week for the 2011/12 school year as a result of cuts to funding. The change to library schedules is the result of a $1.

Situated as it is in a pristine mountain setting, it’s understandable Delta Lodge at Kananaskis staff are fully embracing a newly-launched corporate greening program.

A Nova Scotia man who came to the Bow Valley for work last summer was found guilty of pointing a shotgun at a 15-year-old co-worker and roommate in staff accommodation.

Grade 10 Canmore Collegiate High School student Isabella “Izzy” Pedersen has been accepted into the prestigious Shad Valley summer enrichment program. “I’ve been blessed and I’m lucky to know what I’m looking for in life,” she said.

A father and his teenage son from Banff spent a cold and wet night in the wilderness after getting lost while riding the Goat Creek Trail between Banff and Canmore, Monday (May 23).

Broken bones, treacherous falls and quad rollovers punctuated a busy long weekend for Kananaskis Public Safety.

“Yup, a wolverine has definitely been here!” exclaimed Barb Bertsch as we skied into a clearing following her GPS signal a few hundred metres from the Pipestone River bank, two and a half hours from the trailhead near Lake Louise.

The Banff park administrative building returned to its roots on May 19. As the building originally served as the park’s post office, it was used to officially release a new stamp, celebrating the park’s 100th anniversary.

A Canmore middle school student is coming home with a bronze medal from the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Toronto last week. Ty Godfrey was at the event representing Canadian Rockies Public Schools, one of 99 regions across the country.

The MD of Bighorn is initiating a comprehensive review of the document that will guide growth and development in the municipality for the next 20 or 30 years, but to do it well, administration is hoping to enlist the help of residents and business ow