BANFF, Alta. — Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after a large avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park. Outdoor apparel company The North Face confirmed Thursday that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and
Parks Canada says it won’t go ahead with a plan to build a bike trail along the scenic highway that connects Banff and Jasper national parks. The federal agency had budgeted about $66 million to build a 107−kilometre
BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada is urging backcountry users to stay out of avalanche terrain this weekend after a winter storm led to an extreme danger rating in Banff, Yoho, Kootenay and Jasper national parks.
BANFF, Alta. — Hundreds of tiny beetles have been released in Banff National Park to try to fight a weed. Known as weevils, they are being used as a biological control agent to kill the
BANFF, Alta. — One of three black bear cubs abandoned in a washroom and returned to the wild in Banff National Park this summer has apparently been eaten by a grizzly bear. Parks Canada says
BANFF, Alta. — A warning is in effect in Banff National Park after a wolf approached campers in a busy campground. Parks Canada ecologist Jesse Whittington says the warning on the Bow Valley Parkway was
JASPER, Alta. — Smoke from wildfires that’s blanketing parts of Alberta does more than just irritate the eyes and throats of visitors to the province’s mountain parks — it obscures the spectacular scenery that many
BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada says it has killed one of two bison bulls that wandered away from Banff National Park. Officials said the animal was moving toward private grazing land and posed a safety
BANFF, Alta. — An internationally known ski resort in Banff National Park says a plan proposed by Parks Canada could hinder its future success. The proposed site guidelines for Sunshine Village released this summer provide
