Local News

The Province of Alberta has launched a study to get a better handle on the number of wolverines in Kananaskis Country and exactly where they live.

Canmore teacher Jeff Horvath has announced he is putting his name forward as the NDP candidate for the Wild Rose constituency in the upcoming federal election.

Banff’s hotel industry plans to fight the Town of Banff’s proposal to go to a merit-based review system for handing out the remaining commercial development space.

Two Canmore RCMP officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of an armed robbery suspect on Railway Avenue at the beginning of January.

Banff council has given the green light to spend $26,000 on a temporary public art installation.

Having taken second spot in the last federal election locally, the Green Party is hoping to retain that momentum and recognition this spring. However, candidate Mike MacDonald said this week he is in it to win it.

The Town of Canmore is planning on paying $500,000 to fix a sinkhole in Three Sisters Mountain Village and then pursuing the provincial government and developer to recoup the funds.

The Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Canmore Eagles have become an endangered species. The club announced Wednesday (March 30) it needs to raise $100,000 by June 30 or the team will leave Canmore.

Three regular seasonal vendors in Canmore’s downtown core have come out against proposed changes to the Land Use Bylaw they say will put them out of business.

Warm weather has Bow Valley grizzlies stirring and a local wildlife advocacy group is holding a contest to remind the public the bears are coming out of hibernation.