Local News

A group of professional wedding photographers from Calgary is up in arms over recent enforcement of a Town of Banff bylaw requiring all businesses to have a licence to work in Banff.

Not wanting to be looking in from the sidelines, the Alberta Liberal Party has found a candidate they feel can ruffle some feathers in the upcoming race to be the next MLA for Banff-Cochrane.

A public open house will be held next week to get feedback on the Town of Banff’s plans to build a pedestrian bridge across the Bow River at the end of Muskrat Street.

A Saskatchewan man who was pulled over for driving too slow while high on cocaine before leading police on a chase through Banff after being shot and eventually Tasered was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday.

The Town of Banff is investigating the feasibility of building a toboggan run in town in a bid to boost Banff’s appeal as a winter tourist destination.

Parks Canada proposes to chop down thousands of trees deemed to be hazardous in campgrounds on Tunnel Mountain and at Two Jack Lake in a bid to prevent them falling on people or property.

Construction of the new daycare and preschool facility is almost complete and it will soon be open for business.

Canmore is proposing to relocate its waste transfer site and material recycling facility away from a residential neighbourhood over the next two years.

Banff is like no other small Alberta town. Municipalities fund their towns from tax revenues and government grants, but because Banff has a federally-legislated cap on commercial development, it will always have a limited tax base.

Regulatory upgrades to Canmore’s water system are going to cost the Town an extra $250,000. Council was asked to approve the additional funds for a total project cost of $850,000 at its last meeting in December.