Veteran chuckwagon driver Buddy Bensmiller shared his experience working behind the scenes on The Revenant film with Leonardo DiCaprio last year. The Revenant follows the experiences of frontiersman and fur trapper Hugh Glass who explored the uncharted wilderness of Montana and South Dakota in 1823.

Council for the Town of Canmore declared a State of Climate Emergency at a council meeting on October 1. Council members unanimously voted on the motion declaring a state of climate emergency, and passed a motion approving Mayor John Borrowman to write a letter to Alberta Premier Jason Kenny to reduce human induced climate change.

Vermilion - The increased military presence in the Wainwright area was obvious over the past month for the MAPLE RESOLVE 2018 exercise which ran from May 13 – 24. You may have noticed the increased fighter jets and helicopters in the skies recently flying over Vermilion. The annual force-on-force collective training event is designed to get soldiers ready to deploy on an operation, potentially in a very high-threat environment.