Council keeps 6:1 tax rate split   
Posted 4 days ago
In a departure from previous years, town council didn’t debate the tax rate split between commercial and residential properties, and instead unanimously voted to keep the status quo from last year.

Courts getting quick fix    
Posted 4 days ago
Council is going for the quick fix where the tennis courts are concerned.

Scenario prepares town    
Posted 4 days ago
Rest assured, the wild fire that swept through Banff and forced an evacuation of half the town last Wednesday was not real, but the full-scale simulation has left the Banff Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) staff feeling a little more prepared.

Laptop proposal for BCHS   
Posted 4 days ago
Banff Community High School is proposing a plan that would see every student in Grades 8-12 come to class with a laptop. The proposal, called 1:1 Learning, aims to bring laptops into the classroom to use them as tools to help foster 21st century skills in students.

Society looking at second greenhouse   
Posted 4 days ago
Council hasn’t said yes, but they have agreed to look at ways to make a second community greenhouse happen. Banff Greenhouse Gardening Society president Bob Lutz spoke to council Monday, May 14, asking for the town’s support to build a second place for Banffites to garden.

Banff getting app for parking   
Posted 4 days ago
Having parking issues in Banff? There’ll soon be an app for that. On Monday, town council voted to fund a $32,902 pilot project to track parking availability in the Bear Street parkade and have it come up in an iPhone app, letting people know where there’s an empty stall in real time.

Stopping railway trespassing    
Posted 4 days ago
In the span for 40 minutes, police officers watch four people break the law right in front of them. For 30-year veteran Const. Mike Sikomas, it’s not a big surprise that people blatantly trespass right in front of two clearly marked police cars.

Banging on the door of poverty in the Bow Valley   
Posted 4 days ago
It means sometimes working 70-plus hours a week and sometimes working only four at minimum wage but university graduate Melanie Guest said hard work, good friends and some luck has allowed her and her family to survive in Canmore.

Banff inspired author to finish her first novel    
Posted 4 days ago
J. Jill Robinson was able to finish her debut novel after almost 10 years of writing, in part, thanks to living in Banff.

Elevate Banff    
Posted 4 days ago
Banff has been chosen as the first municipality to hold a Smart and Caring Community Fund from the Community Foundations of Canada (CFC) in a new effort to link municipalities across the country.

Building Banff Ambassadors    
Posted 4 days ago
The Banff staff orientation program formerly known as Banff’s Best has a new name, bus tour, and initiation oath that has participants placing a toque over their heart while saying, “My name is (insert name here), and I am a local!” The program, now called the Banff Ambassador Program, serves as a

Easy on the hikes    
Posted 4 days ago
Graeme Pole always has his feat on the ground. And then they’re quickly moving about a trail in the mountains.

Bears keep on winning    
Posted 4 days ago
Highwood managed to do something to the Banff Bears no other team had accomplished — they scored against the high school rugby team. But did they ever get punished for it.

Silvertip last golf course to open   
Posted 4 days ago
Silvertip Resort becomes the last golf course to open for public play this season when it opens its doors Thursday morning, May 17.

Second for BHA girls    
Posted 4 days ago
The BHA Girls Midget AAA team had the crowd holding its breath at the final game of the Rocky Mountain Invitational against the Rocky Mountain Outlaws when the teams went scoreless into two rounds of overtime at the Banff Recreation Centre.