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. Publication began on December 8, 1900 as the ''Crag and Canyon''. Like other local

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s in the

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, it does not charge customers directly but relies solely upon

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for income. It is presently owned by the

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History

The ''Crag and Canyon'', now known as the ''Bow Valley Crag and Canyon'', began publication ''o''n December 8, 1900. The paper was started by Ike Byers, a Banff resident who had previously founded the short lived ''National Park Gazette''. It started as a weekly paper with a modest circulation among residents and guests to Banff National Park. Subscriptions cost $1.00 a year or were $0.05 an issue. Despite this meagre cost, the ''Crag and Canyon'' lacked financial backing and Byers sold the paper to

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in February 1902. In April 1902, Norman Luxton, a Rocky Mountain pioneer and business owner, made arrangements to purchase the ''Crag and Canyon'' from Brett. The May 8, 1902 issue was the first to be produced under Luxton's tenure as owner and publisher. Under Luxton's ownership the paper prospered, although it was used extensively by him as his personal mouthpiece to advance his business and political interests. The ''Crag and Canyon'' remained under Luxton's ownership until 1951 when it was sold to W. I. Clark, a businessman from

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. In 1958, Clark renamed the ''Crag and Canyon'' to the ''Banff Crag and Canyon''. He sold the paper in 1987 to Black Tusk Holdings, a

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from

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. The paper was later sold to

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. On July 3, 2013, following the

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, Sun Media (now Postmedia) combined the ''Banff Crag & Canyon'' and the ''Canmore Leader'' under one publication. As of February 2023, the paper has switched to an online news format.

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