Archive for December, 2008

Renner, Kershaw crack top-15 at Tour de Ski

Sara Renner in a 2006 file photo. Photograph by: Peter J. Thompson for Canwest News Service Sara Renner of Canmore, Alta., and Devon Kershaw of Sudbury, Ont., cracked the top-15 in the fourth stage of the Tour …

In the Scene

Double Wednesdays with $5.50 double highballs. Bruno’s - From lowrider on bagpipes to comedy or the spoken word, it’s open mic night at 10pm.

Organization provides safe house

Pam Doyle/Canmore LeaderLaura Dubois holds some of the teddy bears on sale for $20 at Stonewaters.

Crackdown on crack lab

Canmore RCMP Const. Sanjay Sachdev stands behind a stash of drugs seized from an apartment on a snowy Main Street in downtown Canmore on Dec.

Auto class goes high techCCHS

Anyone who has spent time around cars will know the meaning of negative camber, thrust angle and steering axis inclination.

Looted family gets hope for holidays

Calgarians’ generosity has tempered a city family’s pain of having their Christmas ripped off by thieving thugs.

The Weekender Effect cautions against rapid development

Robert William Sandford is an ecological historian and the author of several books including “Water, Weather and the Mountain West.” His latest book, “The Weekender Effect: Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns” …

Holiday train here to fill food bank

Photo courtesy of Canadian Pacific. The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will be making a stop in Banff and Canmore on Dec.

Blogger guilty of threatening Harper

A Canmore, Alberta man has been convicted of uttering threats against Prime Minister Stephen Harper on a politically motivated Internet blog.

Protective services: win some lose some

The five-year capital budget presented to council Tuesday included $105,000 for new Fire/EMS equipment before council denied the requests from protective services.

Picture worth a thousand dollars

Canmorite Ursula Tillmann stopped at the Canmore cemetery last May on a whim, and her instincts were confirmed when her photo won first place in Canadian Geographica s 24th annual photo contest.

Tradition of Canmore generosity lives on in Christmas Spirit

If youa re in need of a Christmas hamper this year, or know someone who is, the deadline is fast approaching for applications.

Release of mentally ill killer troubles victim’s widow

The widow of a Calgary man stabbed 28 times by a delusional co-worker four years ago is warning Edmontonians that the killer lives among them.

Peace and social justice takes flight

“I just think it’s an important discussion to happen and for people to learn about global issues and issues right down the road.” - Jeff Horvath The Justice Film Festival was started in Marda Loop in Calgary, …