Mountain Guide

Peter Learn is the most unlikely purveyor of strange, dark and twisted, but the retired elementary school principal’s first foray into the literary arts is just that.

Wil Mimnaugh is back in town. Originally from Quebec, Wil lived most of his life in Calgary before moving further west a few years ago. He’ll be back in town Nov. 16 for a show at the Drake.

For the third time in their career, Ohbijou is coming to play at Communitea. “We’ve played at the Communitea twice before,” said Casey Mecija, in an interview last week.

Two young Hamilton rock bands – Arkells and San Sebastian – will take to the stage at Wild Bill’s, Wednesday (Nov. 16). Both are heading west across the country, promoting new albums.

A Canmore filmmaker’s tribute to one of Banff’s historic homes will join the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival lineup this weekend.

When you hear that a group of Vancouver Island surfers are heading into the Rockies and stopping in Canmore, you might expect their plans are to spend time plying the waters of the Kananaskis River. You’d be wrong.

The Third Annual Bike Shorts Film Festival arrives in Canmore next Thursday, bringing with it a bounty of brief bike bits-and-bites. Bike Shorts, which is presented by Canmore Community Cruisers (CCC) and The Bicycle Café at Communitea Café on Nov.

“I say jokingly there’s two things all Canadians agree on; everybody hates Toronto and everybody loves hockey,” said country western musician Tim Hus. “Hockey is a common thread that runs through everything.

The 2011 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival takes off this weekend with the screening of seven feature films, as well as a number of shorts and other activities. All screenings take place in the Eric Harvie Theatre at The Banff Centre.

The history of bark beetle suppression in North America is being described as a manual of failure that dates back to the 18th century when people first began to battle the insect, according to the author of the newly-published Empire of the Beetle: H