Get your spring cleaning done with the Town’s free curbside yard waste roundup!  The snow has melted, flowers are beginning to bloom, the birds are singing and that can only mean one thing, SPRING!  Spring in Golden can be unpredictable. There can be snow one week, and a few weeks...

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS: Please be advised that there will be intermittent short duration closures of sections of the Rotary trail network throughout town beginning today, Thursday, May 4th, for brushing work to continue over the next two weeks. We apologise for any inconvenience....

Dikes are an important part of flood protection and it is extremely important that they are maintained to ensure they are structurally sound and working properly. With approximately 5 kilometres of dikes within the municipality, it’s a big undertaking. The Town is working hard to get the job done and...

Annual utility bills for water, sewer, and curbside collection services have now been issued to all residents. These represent the fees required to provide these services to you during the course of a year as well as contributions to support future upgrades.  Payments are due by 4:30pm, April 3rd, 2017. Postmarks...

The actual 2017-2021 Financial Plan Bylaw being considered by Council is many, many pages.That’s why we have developed a Budget Book to make it a little simpler. It provides the “big picture” and shows you where we’ve been over the last two years and where we intend to head over...

It’s the time of year when you may notice your utility bill has arrived and you might be thinking, “Just exactly what am I paying for?” We hope to shed a little light on this with some facts about water, sewer and waste collection services in Golden.Water services: Golden’s water is so...

Warming temperatures over the past two weeks have significantly reduced the likelihood of further ice floes in the Kicking Horse River.  There is now clear evidence that the river has secured an established channel through the three floes that have occurred in the community this winter.   A portion of the established...

This week, the Town of Golden is happy to share some great news for Golden residents - beginning this year, residents will see a drop in the price of their curbside collection services. For the past five years, garbage pick up rates have been $125 per household per year, while recycling...

The third large ice floe now lodged in the Kicking Horse River, with its leading edge just upstream from the college, continues to force water seepage through the dyke in several places.   The municipal campground and a portion of 9th Avenue South from the curling rink parking lot to the campground...

At approximately 6:00 p.m. January 4th, a third ice floe event occurred on the Kicking Horse River.  Sizeable and composed of large blocks of ice and woody debris, the leading edge of the new floe now rests against the trailing edge of the last one. Aerial assessments have revealed the current floe...