Local News

A Calgary man has died after a fall from the third-floor balcony of a Banff hotel. Joshua Leonard Markham, 22, was found deceased by Banff RCMP on Friday (Jan. 7) at 10 a.m. when they were called to a local hotel.

Three people from Morley have been charged with second degree murder following the death of a local man during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.

Black Diamond has recalled all of its AvaLung packs sold after January 2010. The company recently discovered the intake tubing on certain packs might crack in cold temperatures.

The Canadian Avalanche Centre has issued a Special Public Avalanche Warning for areas of the South Coast, North and South Columbias and Kootenay-Boundary. In the B.C. Interior, it includes areas around Valemount south to the U.S. border.

A Banff councillor believes the newly approved waste and recycling utility will do more harm than good for the community’s still-struggling businesses.

A lack of provincial grant funding has not stopped Canmore council from putting funds into tree thinning.

The number of drivers charged this holiday season saw a dramatic increase over the previous year. The Bow Valley RCMP Detachments and Integrated Traffic Unit is reporting a 120 per cent increase this past December over the same period in 2009.

A new plan calls for more washrooms, dealing with summer parking woes and an even better bus system to help Banff remain a top tourist destination in a highly competitive market.

The Trans-Canada Highway was closed near Field, B.C. for over 10 hours Wednesday morning (Jan. 5) as firefighters from Alberta and B.C. worked to douse the flames from two wrecked semi-trailers.

Banff council endorsed the terms of reference for phase two of the Bow River Basin Council’s Bow Basin Watershed Management Plan. Mark Bennet, executive director of the Calgary-based BRBC, told Banff council Wednesday (Dec.