Banff

The new asphalt bike pump track is open at the Banff Recreation Grounds.

La Niña looks to show her face in the Bow Valley this upcoming season, which is good news for powder hounds eager for dreamy, deep powder days.

A course will be held at the Fenlands recreation centre Sept. 16-20, led by four instructors from the ALERRT Center at Texas State University – the approved training centre by the FBI in active attack tactics.

“It was a big electrical storm. Their hair was standing up, everything was buzzing. One guy described his moustache as buzzing."

“I looked at Ethan on the ground and I said, ‘I love you, man, you’re gonna get through this.’ That was the last thing I said to him.”

“It was probably scared off because it’s a pretty busy spot of town right beside the older pedestrian bridge."

Keri Martens succeeds distinguished former Banff fire chief Russ Geyer, who retired after three decades with the department at the end of August.

“Where is that pressure coming from? Is it based on science, is it based on conflict rates increasing, or is it just based on a minister that wants to shoot grizzly bears?”

Banff RCMP Const. Garret Claxton has been charged by ASIRT for breaking into a hotel room where two women were staying

Harvest Festival showcased the Bow Valley’s talented musicians Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 7-8).