Mountain Guide

Giving their final performance on Saturday (Sept. 8) at the Canmore Legion, local favourites The Shoulder Season are no more.

Fans of short films have the opportunity to take in a pair of advance screenings and get the jump on viewers in both New York and Vancouver on Friday (Sept. 14) at The Banff Centre.

If you ask long-time Rockies climber Chris Perry what he likes about writing guidebooks, he’s quick to reply.

Bright, bold colours, broad strokes, thick, rippling texture and a passion for the natural world all mark work by Canmore abstract painter Patricia Langevin.

With September having arrived in the Bow Valley with a bit of a nip in the air and some leaves yellowing on the trees, clearly summer’s over.

In the desert of the American southwest, millennium-old dust forms a film of microscopically small ball bearing-like particles across the entire moon-like landscape.

As with many singers and musicians, Belle Plaine has moved around some. She’s been there, done that, started over, held down a few different jobs, visited or lived in a number of cities.

"Don't do what I did once and melt the soles of your boots after falling asleep with your feet close to the survival campfire!" These simple and humorous words of wisdom comprise the opening sentence of one of numerous "Reality Checks" in B.C.

For many writers the setting is all-important, a central point in the story or the very reason the story exists.

Centennial Park goes to the Scots on Sunday (Sept. 2) as the Canmore Highland Games celebrates its 21st annual event.