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Do you enjoy art? Do you like to be involved and take part in your community? If so, then the Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation (MAF), an umbrella organization for the arts in Canmore, has space on its board for new directors and is looking for you.

Another unusual delay in the dangerous offender hearing for Cory Lawrence Bitternose has seen the proceeding postponed yet again – until January 2012.

Banff town council has called a meeting with Banff YWCA to discuss the organization’s financial problems and the threat of closure of its women’s shelter.

What do the Sydney Opera House, Golden Gate Bridge, Eiffel Tower, Delta Lodge at Kananaskis, Iron Goat and Banff Springs Hotel have in common? They are all participating in Earth Hour this Saturday (March 26) at 8:30 p.m.

The spot where Donald Cameron Hall once stood is now a flat construction zone, but it’s not all that remains of The Banff Centre’s original administration building.

Morley Community School and its partners, the Calgary Catholic School District and Tsuu T’ina Dept. of Education, were recognized recently for a program designed to link students on aboriginal reserves with students in Catholic schools.

A scientific study has raised some alarm bells that instability at the Athabasca Glacier may be hazardous for Brewster Canada’s ice explorer tourist operation.

Efforts to help victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan are beginning to gear up, with two fundraisers being held next week.

Bad Medicine appears to be good for book sales. The book by Canmore Judge John Reilly has been selling well, reaching sales of over 5,000, which has placed it on the non-fiction bestseller list in Calgary and Edmonton.

Canmore’s elected officials have been asked to pass a motion to show their support for efforts to reintroduce bison to Banff National Park.