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Lake Louise Calls for Higher Housing Density Under New 10-Year Plan

Lake Louise Calls for Higher Housing Density Under New 10-Year Plan

Proposed changes would allow more staff housing while keeping strict limits on commercial growth and community expansion

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“This Is an Assault”: Downtown Residents Push Back on Canmore’s Plan to Add More Multi-Unit Homes

“This Is an Assault”: Downtown Residents Push Back on Canmore’s Plan to Add More Multi-Unit Homes

Packed public hearing forces council to postpone vote on rezoning that would allow single homes to add secondary units or be replaced with townhouses and fourplexes.

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New Italian Restaurant Opens in One of Canmore’s Most Familiar Spaces

New Italian Restaurant Opens in One of Canmore’s Most Familiar Spaces

The longtime owners behind The Rose & Crown say Canmore was missing a strong Italian option and moved quickly to fill the gap.

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Dead Fish Surface at Vermilion Lakes, Area Partially Closed

Dead Fish Surface at Vermilion Lakes, Area Partially Closed

Officials say low oxygen levels under thick ice caused the die-off, a phenomenon known as winterkill that has been recorded here before

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🚠 Inside The Gondola Failure

🚠 Inside The Gondola Failure

This “Ice Owl” Won Banff

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Nearly a Year Later, Report Explains Why a Kicking Horse Gondola Cabin Fell

Nearly a Year Later, Report Explains Why a Kicking Horse Gondola Cabin Fell

The investigation outlines how a small crack, repeated impacts and cold-weather steel properties combined in the March 2025 incident.

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This Huge Ice Owl Stole the Show at Banff’s SnowDays

This Huge Ice Owl Stole the Show at Banff’s SnowDays

The carver behind the owl went on to win multiple rounds during the three-day Art of Ice competition

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Alberta Tourism Hits $15.2B in Visitor Spend, Two Years Ahead of Schedule

Alberta Tourism Hits $15.2B in Visitor Spend, Two Years Ahead of Schedule

From Fortress redevelopment to expanded winter events in Banff and Lake Louise, the Bow Valley sits at the centre of Alberta’s accelerated tourism push

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Rockslide Closes Highway 93 at Sinclair Canyon, Cutting Off Access to Radium Hot Springs Pools

Rockslide Closes Highway 93 at Sinclair Canyon, Cutting Off Access to Radium Hot Springs Pools

No injuries reported as crews work to stabilize the slope and reopen the key park corridor by Thursday afternoon

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RCMP To Step Up Speed Enforcement On Mînî Thnî Road After Safety Concerns

RCMP To Step Up Speed Enforcement On Mînî Thnî Road After Safety Concerns

Patrols increase along a key shortcut route used by Bow Valley commuters heading to Ghost Lake and Cochrane.

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🏔️ Welcome to $1.9M Canmore

🏔️ Welcome to $1.9M Canmore

Banff in an Apple Ad

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Internal Review Finds Canmore Zoning Rules Too Complex, Town Launches Full Rewrite of Its Land Use Bylaw

Internal Review Finds Canmore Zoning Rules Too Complex, Town Launches Full Rewrite of Its Land Use Bylaw

A rewrite that begins now is expected to take more than two years and aims to simplify the rules that shape what gets built in Canmore

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