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Team Brendan Bottcher and Team Kevin Koe are headed to the 2021 Brier's curling bubble in Calgary.

2021 needs an uplifting and upbeat start. This will give you JUST that.

Bear Street businesses voice numerous concerns about the construction project, including timelines, schedules, parking, working hours, financial impacts and communications from the Town of Banff.

OTTAWA Procurement Minister Anita Anand says production issues in Europe will temporarily reduce Pfizer-BioNTech's ability to deliver vaccines to Canada. Anand says the U.S.

I’m so relieved and honestly just so proud of this community, said Mayor Karen Sorensen.

"We have quite simply run out of supply."

I think as we go into our budget season we have to ask ourselves what can we live without for a year," said Banff Councillor Peter Poole.

The number of active COVID-19 cases was 209 at Stoney Nakoda First Nations in Morley on Monday.

You’ve spent so much time at home in 2020 - why not give it a refreshing update for 2021? These smart home tech additions will make it truly feel like a home sweet home.

MORLEY, Alta. A First Nation in Alberta is turning to its youth to help spread the message to older members about the dangers of COVID-19.

OTTAWA Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat.

I could have just closed the doors and ended the program, but I remembered that voice in my head telling me about the excitement of teaching children how to cook.

VICTORIA The B.C. government is seeking legal advice on whether it can limit non-essential travel to the province during the pandemic, the premier says.

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Another country music star from Alberta has voiced protest against proposed coal mines on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Are the days of getting a discount in downtown dead?

The results mirror findings from earlier on in the pandemic when women reported feeling more worried than men about COVID-19 as they began taking on added care duties for children and aging parents.

EDMONTON The German underdogs gritted out a 4-3 overtime victory against Slovakia on Monday, earning their first win at the world junior hockey championships in Edmonton.

"Every toilet paper roll is sacred these days and we did our best to save what we could."

No charges have been laid

For me it felt like something was missing from that project. Seniors are an important part of the community and they were unable to be included at the time so my goal was to have them engage with the community again.

According to the Research Departments survey conducted in 2018 regarding shopping behaviours, the most common responses they received was that people shop online to save time and money.

Hinshaw says she's disappointed in those who look for loopholes

OTTAWA A contagious new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 has infiltrated two more regions of Canada, health officials said Sunday, a day after announcing the country's first cases of the variant had been detected.

Isapo-muxika or Sahpo Muxika, known more commonly as Crowfoot, was born circa 1830 near Belly River, Alta. and died April 25, 1890 near Blackfoot Crossing.

Approval of a new tattoo studio in Banff reignited discussion on what is an appropriate businesses for the national park townsite

The Town of Banff is also working on securing additional isolation rooms, as the ones available through the Banff YWCA are at or near capacity

Local indie-folk band Trundled is hosting an online listening party for its debut album High Water Thursday evening (Nov. 19)

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OTTAWA The minority Liberal government is attempting to pre-empt opposition efforts to create a special committee to investigate alleged corruption by proposing its own special committee to examine billions of dollars of COVID-19 pandemic-related s

Scammers are quickly cashing in on the latest toy trends in the run-up to Christmas, according to the Better Business Bureau (BBB).

With COVID-19 prompting a higher standard of sanitization, an Airdrie company has created a new system fpr disinfecting spaces.

OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has no intention of trying to assert federal jurisdiction over long-term care facilities but still believes there is a role for Ottawa to play in fixing the country's troubled nursing homes.

The project is included in our capital plan for construction to begin in 2021-22 and would take about a year and a half to construct," said Finance Minster Travis Toews earlier this week.

Labour leaders are calling on Ottawa to provide immediate financial aid and rapid viral testing to an airline industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed confidence that provinces will join efforts to fight racism in the health-care system, adding he does not want to jump to any conclusions about how the federal government could make sure that happens.

OTTAWA A bill authorizing new benefits for workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic received royal assent Friday, assuring continued financial support now that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit has come to an end.

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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump appeared in public Friday evening for the first time since being stricken by COVID-19, boarding his Marine One helicopter for a flight to a military hospital as the virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans

Several provinces are looking to ramp up COVID-19 restrictions as new hotspots crop up across the map, pushing Canada's caseload closer to the 200,000 mark.

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:17 a.m. EDT on Oct. 17, 2020: There are 196,193 confirmed cases in Canada.

OTTAWA People desperate to bring extended family members to Canada as the world remains locked down due to COVID-19 are being given some hope by the federal government.

We’ve got to stop making concessions to ourselves and start leaning a lot harder towards making the hard choices that responsible stewardship demands. We have no right to make animals extinct.

A prescribed fire in the Flint's/Stoney Meadows area, 28 kilometres from the Banff townsite, is currently being conducted by Parks Canada

New Indigenous Life Sport Academy embraces unstructured activities

OTTAWA Canadian manufacturing sales fell 2.0 per cent to $52.4 billion in August, weighed down by a drop in the transportation sector, Statistics Canada said Friday.

I’m dealing with it. I have to be strong for my family. I shut myself into my bedroom sometimes and bawl my eyes out."

The smirk and chin nod as he looks into the camera within the first two seconds of the TikTok video were the first clues that lured Indigenous viewers in.

"We do not have a lot of information about this incident and we are looking for help from the public."

We are looking for those selected for the program will become ambassadors for biking in winter. We want to share their stories to inspire others to bike in the winter.

Road conditions near Lac Des Arcs on the Trans-Canada Highway in both directions are deteriorating with Canmore RCMP recommending against non-essential travel Friday evening (Oct. 16)

"I feel like I am the custodian of these objects somehow and there is a story to tell. If you do it right, it is an interesting story for somebody. Not everybody, but somebody."

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At budget time, you can ask for any number that you want to ask for I certainly understand and respect that wages are going to be as sensitive a topic as any other based on what we’re in the middle of," said Mayor Karen Sorensen

A second lawsuit in relation to the fatal motor coach rollover at the Columbia Icefield was filed on Sept. 10

We’re still losing people, we’re still losing young ones left and right, Mark said. We all live in this community, we all live on this reserve we face this 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

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EDMONTON Alberta's chief medical officer of health says the province won't be cancelling Halloween over COVID-19 fears. But Dr. Deena Hinshaw says that means parents and kids have to make sure the fright-fest is scary for the right reasons.

I was involved in a crash and I wasn't injured, but it was a pretty big impact, as I was tossed out of the group and into a hard-packed ditch."

Alberta Wildfire crews has 14 firefighters and five helicopters battling the blaze, which was started by an abandoned campfire on the Labour Day long weekend

New owner says one needs to be euthanized

The inaugural Queen of the Valley stand-up paddleboarding race was such a huge success, organizers plan to host it annually and expand its size and scope

Nadia Lloyd started planning her family's annual Thanksgiving get-together months ago when COVID case numbers were under control across the country.

October is prime time for flu vaccinations, and the U.S. and Europe are gearing up for what experts hope is high demand as countries seek to avoid a twindemic with COVID-19.

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COVID-19 may have resulted in the cancellation of all endurance sport races this year, but that hasn't deterred athletes in the Bow Valley from finding new challenges to tackle