Local films will open festival
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is just around the corner and several local filmmakers will be on the big stage showing off their films, some for the very first time.
Archive for October, 2009
Glacier talk turns to technology
Recent advances in understanding the extent of glacial retreat should guide us in our decision-making: Sanford Posted 2 hours ago With a backdrop provided by Canmore’s Jan Kabatoff’s exhibition, Glacier: A Journey, at the Whyte Museum, two experts on glaciers and climate change gave the crowd in Banff cause for some hope when coming to terms with …
Urban Planner: October 21, 2009
Urban Planner is Torontoist’s guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons.
Life Fest outgrows its first home
Pam Doyle/Canmore LeaderGaia Collaborative Medicine held a VIP open house on Thursday night at their clinic on Dyrgas Gate in Three Sisters mountain village.
Higher learning coming through
Canadaa s out-of-province university trade fair makes a stop in Cochrane at the end of the month.
Canmore a small business - hotbed’: report
A recent report from a Canadian bank is calling Canmore a “small business hotbed” these days.
Alberta, Canada travel information and guide
Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted forests and crystal fields of ice. Not so far, far away in a place called Montana.
Downtown subdivision gets council into a stir
Canmore’s council created a new wetland direct control district in a residential neighbourhood near downtown last week.
Noxious Alberta algae buildup threatens fish populations
A gooey, slimy and somewhat mysterious green algae building up along Alberta’s riverbeds has scientists worried trout populations could be deprived of their natural food source.
Canmore to take part in celebrating 350
A local skier and Olympian went before Canmore’s council last week to start getting the word out - and getting the community involved in - fighting climate change.
Google Street View goes live in Canadian cities
Toronto is one of several Canadian cities where Google Street View is now available.
Vic Lewis festival returns in November
Kids will have a chance to blow their own horns, flutes, and any instrument they want to learn to play better at the 14th annual Vic Lewis International Band Festival in Canmore from November 6 to 8. As in the past, the event will be held at the Canmore Rec Centre and at various rooms in Canmore Collegiate High School.
XGEN Reports Appointment of New Director
The Board of Directors of XGEN Ventures Inc. announces the appointment of Dale W. Fedorchuk to the Board of Directors of the Company effective October 8, 2009.
Wild Rose to field Canmore candidate in next election
For the third time in the last four elections, a Canmore resident will represent the New Democratic Party in the next federal election.
Taste of winter in parts of southern Alberta
It’s just the beginning of October but it felt more like winter as Calgarians woke up to snow Sunday morning.
Lake Louise hotel probed for water dumping
Brad Cabana takes a water sample from the storm drain in Lake Louise on Tuesday.
Relocated Canmore area grizzly killed
A grizzly bear well-known to local conservation officers was shot and killed by RCMP officers in northern British Columbia on Sunday afternoon.
Former Canmore grizzly shot in B. C. community
Alberta wildlife officials were “discouraged” and “saddened” by the news that the RCMP had shot and killed a grizzly bear in downtown Fort St.
