Mountain Guide

While the Communitea Cafe may not ordinarily be a dancehall, that may change when Taj Weekes comes to town. The Canmore venue hosts Weekes and his reggae-folk band Adowa on Friday (June 21) for a concert of Caribbean music. Doors open at 8 p.m.

In the early 1900s the Canadian Pacific Railway brought professional Swiss climbing guides to the Rocky Mountains to ensure CPR guests could travel safely in the mountains.

Said The Whale’s newest album is a made-in-Banff story. In February, the band’s songwriters came to The Banff Centre for inspiration.

Next week Deep Dark Woods will emerge from the forests. When they do, to play Communitea Café on Wednesday (June 19), they’ll be joined by Frontier Ruckus, an American folk pop band from Detroit. Frontman Matthew Milia spoke on behalf of the band.

Banff’s newest gallery is presenting its inaugural show this weekend and rather than open in a permanent location, the artists behind the Banff Floating Gallery are hoping to take underused or vacant spaces and fill them with art, even for a brief pe

Among the most highly rated hotels the Canadian Rockies has to offer, Mount Engadine Lodge has reopened for the season and with it comes a great lineup of summer entertainment.

When construction of Canada’s trans-national railway had been completed in the late fall of 1885, William Cornelius Van Horne, general manager and president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, set out to sell the West.

For the last five weeks, Mark Berube has been enjoying a residency at The Banff Centre. Originally from Manitoba, the Montreal-based singer-songwriter is at the centre to work on his next musical projects.

Colin Harris loves to be outdoors. He also cares deeply that children today spend a lot more time with their eyeballs fixed on computer screens than they do connecting with the natural environment, which is often no further than their backyards.

Canmore author Lauren Hawkeye, writing under the pen name Lauren Jameson, has hit the big time with her first mass market release.