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Public safety has been cited as the reason for a recent closure of a popular, century-old trail that runs along the west side of Exshaw Creek.

A new plan aimed at fixing Banff’s parking and traffic woes calls for paid parking, turning lanes, angle parking, scramble intersections, traffic light timing changes and intercept parking outside the downtown core.

On Thursday (April 4) at 11:40 p.m., Banff RCMP responded to an assault of a 19-year-old female victim walking alone in the 400 block of Banff Avenue. An unknown male suspect approached the victim from behind and grabbed her.

A grant from the Alberta Historic Resources Foundation, through the Archives Society of Alberta, has allowed the Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre to document seven of its largest and most important collections.

lA ead-poisoned golden eagle experienced an undignified return to freedom this weekend after being nursed back to health over the winter months.

A provincial court judge has found a former Canmore day care owner not guilty of seven counts of assaulting children following a trial that involved testimony from witnesses who worked at the now-defunct Dragonfly Daycare in Grotto Mountain Village.

The first grizzly bear is out of its den in Banff, prompting national park wildlife experts to warn residents and visitors it’s the time of year to be bear aware.

Three days have elapsed since Canmore’s new multiplex, Elevation Place, opened its doors to the public and though the door remains locked on the pool due to safety system installations and training, curious residents and onlookers have taken the oppo

Public transportation, a more pedestrian-friendly Banff, and special events linked to traditional national park values found their way onto a top 50 list produced by the Banff Ideas Bank to improve the local community.

The Canmore Folk Music Festival has announced most of its lineup for the 2013 event, to be held Aug. 3-5. Kurt Bagnell, festival director, sat down with the Outlook to speak about the lineup, the festival and about life after retirement.