Banff

BANFF – A longtime Parks Canada volunteer was fined $750 in court last week after pleading guilty to entering a closed area.

BANFF – Creation of a registry to help recover stolen bikes is under consideration in Banff. On Monday (Sept.

BANFF – Council has stepped away from refereeing a dispute between Banff Hockey Academy and Town of Banff administration over use of space at the Fenlands recreation centre. At a meeting Monday (Sept.

BANFF – A prominent Banff visitor experience company has been fined $10,000 in court as a result of pleading guilty to charges under the National Parks Act after a female black bear got into garbage at one of its attractions.

CANMORE – Albertans have been locked into a year-long election campaign and as the province gets closer to a spring 2019 vote, it is increasingly clear there are only two parties worth paying attention to.

BANFF – Work is getting underway to upgrade the Banff Springs Hotel’s sanitary sewer lines in a bid to prevent further sewage spills into the Spray River.

BANFF – The planning and development department is looking to extend the contract of one of its planners for another year to allow for critical long-range and strategic planning.

BANFF – Wages for Town of Banff employees lag behind other comparable municipalities, but are above other local publicly funded or private business organizations, according to an independent compensation review.

BANFF – A vision to restore and return native fish to Cascade Creek – a highly controlled and regulated creek below Lake Minnewanka dam – is a step closer to reality.

BOW VALLEY – Teachers with the Canadian Rockies Public School division (CRPS) are trying to hammer out a new contract with the local school board more than two years after their contract expired.