Local News

On Sunday, May 21, 1911, the Horseshoe Hydro Plant on the Bow River at Seebe began producing power. A century later, the plant is still producing power using the same infrastructure initially installed by Calgary Power.

Michale Lang’s new book, An Adventurous Woman Abroad: The Selected Lantern Slides of Mary T. Schäffer: The Rockies, Japan & Taiwan surprised me.

Banff souvenir and gift shop owners are breathing a huge sigh of relief in the wake of council’s decision to scrap plans to place strict controls on their retail stores.

A woman in her mid-40s is lucky to be alive after falling 150 metres from Mount Niles in Yoho National Park on Sunday (July 24).

As far as histories go, Western Canada is not the first place one would look for stories told over the sweep of time.

Banff’s politicians and planners are trying to tackle a critical housing shortfall for employees who serve the businesses in the tourist town.

A fatal car crash and mudslide shut down two highways in the mountain national parks over the weekend.

Parks Canada has launched an aggressive education and enforcement campaign to slow drivers down on the Bow Valley Parkway where seven wolf pups are hanging out.

A Chinese woman has been fined for digging up and taking two trees out of Banff National Park. Through a Cantonese interpreter, Shao Yi Pan pleaded guilty in Canmore Provincial Court to removing a natural object under the National Parks Act.

Minutes before 11 p.m. Saturday night (July 16), MD of Bighorn Reeve Dene Cooper sped down Highway 1A with his wife Jean to the Francis Cooke Landfill site five minutes east of Exshaw.