Photo gallery: February 15, 2012[...]

By Larissa Barlow Banff Crag & Canyon Banff council is willing to look at a plan that would give a break to out of town photographers working in town. A group of wedding photographers and event planners spoke to council on Monday, Feb.[...]

By Russ Ullyot Banff Crag and Canyon Mayor Karen Sorensen is hopeful that the Alberta 2012 Budget, which was released Feb. 9 by the provincial government, will see some immediate and long-term gains for the Town of Banff.[...]

By Russ Ullyot Banff Crag & Canyon An inter-community bus service hopes to have wheels rolling by the fall. The Bow Valley Regional Transit Services Commission is busily unfurling its five-year plan to upgrade public transit in the Bow Valley.[...]

By Camara Miller Special to the Crag & Canyon This year’s SnowDays extravaganza wrapped up Sunday after a month of over 100 events including ice climbing and ball hockey on Banff Avenue. It’s the first year for SnowDays and with its success comes plans to continue the occasion.[...]

By Larissa Barlow Banff Crag & Canyon Loading gunpowder into their muskets, the 78th Highlander Regiment fires a volley into Middle Springs.[...]

By Russ Ullyot Banff Crag and Canyon The Fairmont Banff Springs can add street hockey to its list of five-star accomplishments.[...]

A petition is circling around town asking council to call a town-wide vote on the location of the pedestrian bridge. The petition was started by Banffite Catrina Santa Lucia online through change.org and it has already gathered 54 signatures.[...]

Cops in Banff are sitting on a suspected ecstasy dealer from Calgary after an impromptu Friday night bust. Getting a little too loud and lewd brought the man to police attention while officers were checking into an assault at a club on the 100 block of Banff Ave., around 11:15 p.m.[...]

There were a few more “Xs” on this quarter council scorecard from the hotel industry as the business group looked at the votes policymakers made on the budget, land use bylaw and visitor experience.[...]

Three teens tagging the town with graffiti found themselves guests of the RCMP last week. On Saturday, Feb. 4, at around 2 a.m. witness spotted three 17-year-old boys spray painting the back lane of a building in the 100 block of Banff Ave.[...]

The field of candidates vying to represent the Banff-Cochrane constituency as MLA has finally been set. Tom Copithorne was announced as the constituency’s Wildrose candidate on Feb. 2 after securing the party’s nomination in a race against Russ Lyster.[...]

With a provincial election expected to be only months away, the field of candidates looking to represent the Banff-Cochrane riding has begun to take shape. Peter Helfrich, a paramedic from Bragg Creek, has been announced as the Liberal Party of Alberta’s candidate for the riding.[...]

Staring down the slopes of the Lake Louise Ski Area can be intimidating. Especially if you’re a first time visitor to the large ski hill. There are seemingly endless possibilities of where to go with runs ranging from the very easy to heart pumping cliff jumps.[...]

A pedestrian bridge has always been on the town’s radar.[...]

After fighting for my own store and a balance of chain stores in Banff, I felt incredibly disappointed with my own town council.[...]

As local artist Tiffany Teske walks around her newly opened collaborative show at the Banff Public Library, she contemplates aloud about the possibility of wax and photo transfers on metals — techniques she has never tried before.[...]

In less than 30 years, three massive bark beetle epidemics in the northwest have dramatically changed the North American landscape.[...]

It is desperate times for the Canmore Eagles. That may be just the tonic the Alberta Junior Hockey League team needs heading into the final two weeks of the regular season.[...]

He’s the Mountain Smoker champion, and he’s coming back to Banff to defend the record he set 30 years ago competing in Mt. Norquay’s gruelling annual race. At that time, Bob Rankin was a young patrolman at Mt.[...]