The holiday season is always a special time for choirs. This year the Valley Winds Music Association choir will get a once in a lifetime experience when they sing in an underground cave.

Banff is in good company with other resort towns in a lack of affordable housing.

The scarcity of affordable housing in Canmore and Banff leaves many renters vulnerable to scams, bad landlords, overpriced rent and overcrowding but luckily some kind-hearted souls are stepping in to help out.

Once seen as an affordable "suburb" of Banff, Canmore is now facing a housing shortage to rival its famous neighbour.

A resort town with more than three millions visitors a year seems like a perfect place to open a business. But in Banff, the housing crisis makes it brutal for companies to find and keep workers without going under.

Many people dream of living in the Rocky Mountain mecca of Banff but paradise comes at a cost: the vacancy rate has flatlined at zero per cent for several years and the town's mayor warns the situation is now "critical."

Siksika band members forced into temporary housing after the floods of 2013 are circulating a petition demanding the First Nation's chief and band councillors explain where donation money is going and why it's taking so long to move into new housing.