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Water and sewage bills for Banff ratepayers are going up this year. Town council has approved a 1.6 per cent increase to water rates and a 6.

While the plight of Syrian refugees has been a top news story around the world for some time, a Canmore man recently experienced the situation up and close and personally.

Banff-based Brewster Travel Canada has bought Maligne Tours Ltd. in Jasper National Park.

A Canmore hotel owner is hoping to move forward with developing a rental apartment building in the community – making it the first project of its kind in over two decades.

It is the 29th year the Canmore Hospital Ladies Auxiliary has raised funds to support medical care in the community and with that in mind the hardworking group of ladies hopes to reach the $1 million mark for their efforts.

“I seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, often.

École Notre Dame des Monts received $3,300 towards new multi-sport and ski concentration programs that emphasize sport participation at the francophone school.

Several businesses and residents were without water for more than 24 hours as the Town of Banff tried to fix a water main leak in downtown Banff on Sunday (Jan. 3), forcing some to close their doors.

Canmore’s police committee has been around for six years and after a review of its format, very few changes are being recommended.

The saying goes if you give a man a fish you feed him for a day, but if you teach him how to fish you feed him for a lifetime – and as it turns out, the exact same principle can be applied to soap making.