Local News

Parks Canada has released land to the Town of Banff to build affordable rental housing to deal with the tourist town’s housing crisis.

Banff-Airdrie Conservative MP Blake Richards has received an award for his contribution to tourism.

The family-owned Baker Creek Mountain Resort has been sold. After 29 years, Mike and Jan Huminuik decided to sell their resort along Bow Valley Parkway, west of Castle Mountain, to Calgary-based Intrinsic Investments.

The Town of Canmore has partnered with other municipalities in Alberta to create a framework for comparing municipal services to gauge how efficiently and effectively they are delivered.

Organizers of Canmore’s Winter Carnival in February are hoping local community groups will jump on board for the chance to help celebrate the season – and the two world cups hosted at the Nordic Centre – to Take it Outside.

A pair of silver-tongued students have qualified for the Provincial Speech Tournament after getting passionate at the podium. Our Lady of the Snows’ Taila Dixon and Carly Russell advanced to the province-wide tournament Jan.

Conceptual designs for long-term flood mitigation at Exshaw and Jura creeks has the MD of Bighorn and ratepayers considering options and prices.

Banff’s tourism industry is calling on the federal government to pilot a seasonal tourism worker program next year to help deal with the area’s critical labour shortage.

An inter-municipal squabble between Canmore and the MD of Bighorn will butt heads early in 2016.

Five wolves in three separate packs in Banff National Park have been fitted with GPS collars to help researchers find out what they’re up to.