“Ecosystems are disassembling and reassembling in different ways”
Facing a future of glacier-free mountains, extreme weather events and increased strain on the local water basin, a group of world-renowned climate change experts gathered in Canmore Thursday, Nov. via Canmore Leader
“We provided recommendations for what they should do.”
The Canmore Community Day Care and pre-school has been shut down after toxic mould was found growing under the kitchen sink. via Canmore Leader
Medworxx, the makers of a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge, is pleased to announce that Calgary Health Region has chosen their Utilization … via CNW Group
Yup, season started last wekk and will run till at least march. Best place to go is Banff, Alberta. via Lonely Planet
“A developer voluntarily offering to reduce its profits..? How bizarre”
A Medicine Hat construction firm is not only making housing affordable at home, it’s making housing affordable in the high-cost town of Canmore, Alta. via Medincine Hat News
“If it wasn’t for growth, (the mill rate) increase would be almost five per cent”
By Justin Brisbane Canmore Leader staff Wednesday November 21, 2007 Canmore residents can expect to see a 12 per cent increase to the town’s operating budget if the current budget scenario plays out. via Canmore Leader
“That’s a benefit to the community”
By Justin Brisbane Canmore Leader staff Wednesday November 21, 2007 The archaic slogan states that the Mounties always get their man, however a new application could see Canmore and Banff get their Mountie. via Canmore Leader
Crazyweed Kitchen is back! Finally. After six months in transition and almost three years in building, the new Crazyweed restaurant recently opened at 1600 Railway Avenue in Canmore. via Calgary Herald
“We have the expertise and the knowledge of traditional and non-traditional medicine”
Organizers of the 2007 Health and Wellbeing Summit in the Rockies started with one goal: transform Canmore into a world-renowned community of health and wellbeing. via Canmore Leader
“This is a transition time … now is our opportunity to build on what we fought for”
It’s deadline time for the six people vying for the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in the Wild Rose riding. via Cochrane Times
“He had such massive head injuries … we were hoping he’d survive but it was just too much”
One of two ice climbers injured in a fall near Canmore has died. RCMP wouldn’t name the 37-year-old Calgarian based on the wishes of his family. via Edmonton Sun
“It’s what I expected. I never had a hard time finding a place to park in Canmore. It’s just lots of people like to park near where they’re going”
Canmore has no need for more parking today and may only require a small parkade five years from now, according to the results of the 2007 Canmore Parking Study. via Canmore Leader
“People aren’t thinking avalanches, yet.”
Two ice climbers — one of them unconscious — were rescued by helicopter from a mountain in Kananaskis Country on Tuesday, almost 22 hours after an avalanche sent them falling 60 metres. via Calgary Herald
Crews rescue two injured climbers in Kananaskis on Tuesday morning. The ice climbers were reported overdue around 1:00 a.m. Search arrangements were completed and an aerial search began at first light. via CTV Calgary
UPDATED: 2007-11-13 11:53:42 MST By BILL KAUFMANN , SUN MEDIA A pair of ice climbers are in hospital in Canmore after being rescued from an avalanche site south of Canmore this morning. via Calgary Sun
“It starts with being people of peace. It begins with us.”
Nov. 7, 1943 is a night Gerald Hankins will never forget. Flying over Scotland as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force Flight Command, the Canmore man — fresh from navigator training in Edmonton — was in … via Canmore Leader
UPDATED: 2007-11-06 02:54:35 MST By KELLY DOODY Every once in a while, a wedding comes along that will live on for the 50 years to follow. via Calgary Sun
“There are many people from Canmore who recreate in the area.”
Albertans angered by alleged clear-cutting in Kananaskis Country are presenting a petition to the legislature asking for the creation of a new park to protect 4,400 square kilometres of land. via Canmore Leader
“There are lots of people moving into the woods in the rural areas surrounding Cochrane and Canmore and with trees that close to houses something very similar to what happened in California could happen here”
Everyone has heard the devastating news of the wildfires that recently ravaged California and are only now beginning to diminish. via Cochrane Times
Air Canada’s enRoute magazine is one of my favorite in-flight reads. It’s smart, witty and bi-lingual to boot. via Vagablond
