Guide serves up sustainable seafood recipes
In a world of dire stories about overfishing and the ethics of eating seafood, a new cookbook promises to help answer some of your questions.
Archive for November, 2008
Slow construction an anchor on Canmore budget
A big challenge for the Town of Canmore in balancing its budget this year is due to a slowdown in construction.
Killer free after three years
The widow of a slain Calgary man is dismayed his “deranged” killer is back on the streets three years after being ruled legally insane.
Alberta leads the charge toward solar energy innovation
Canmore, Alberta uses the sun to make ice for its arena, which is just one of the municipality’s solar-powered projects.
Foot tappin, singalong fun
The cast of SUDS at the Oh Canada,Eh? dinner theatre is bright, talented, high energy, fun and young - they have to be.
Christmas Spirit shines
The Bow Valley Christmas Spirit Campaign is expecting a higher than average number of requests for its holiday hampers this season due to tough times for the local economy.
Around the mountains: BASE j…
A man from Calgary who parachuted off the top of a mountain in a provincial park near Banff and Canmore got off with a broken leg when his parachute malfunctioned, causing him to spiral into the side of Mount …
Developer gives cancer clinic $500,000 boost
A Canmore developer has matched half a million dollars in donations raised by thousands of individuals and businesses to expand the community’s cancer clinic.
“Bigfoot” giant slug discovered in Canada
People take in stray cats and dogs but what about adopting a giant slug. A Canadian woman is now famous among scientists for discovering the big guy near Canmore, Alberta.
‘Bigfoot’ rescued near Canmore
Bigfoot has been found near Canmore. Christened Odo, after the shape-shifting being in the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, and then later renamed Bigfoot, a 12-centimetre fat, black slug was discovered …
Accused armed robber wants case moved
Pam Doyle/Banff Crag and CanyonDwight Neis, manager of the Canmore FasGas on Bow Valley Trail, is happy that nobody got hurt during a robbery at the 24 hour gas station.
Risky weather washes out orchestra’s Drumheller gig
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will stop your mail , but all of the above proved to be too much for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra’s Beethoven in the Badlands series.
Alberta has come a long way on same-sex marriage
Between July 2005 and September 2008, according to provincial data, there were 747 same-sex weddings in Alberta.
Homes evacuated over bomb threat
A man’s threat before committing suicide prompted the evacuation of 20 households in northeast Calgary while police searched a home for explosives Wednesday evening.
Rapist wants sentence shortened
Time a convicted Canmore rapist spent in a Hawaiian prison for violating his parole should be deducted from his Canadian sentence, his lawyer said yesterday.
Hidden fees a handicap
Merchants in Canmore and across Canada who accept reward Mastercard and Visa cards for payments of goods and services are at risk of being charged additional transaction fees without their knowledge.
Condo projects feeling pinch as economy slows
Investors in the condominium real estate market are taking their lumps in the wake of a correction that is seeing projects delayed or even cancelled.
