Cathy Ellis

Banff & Lake Louise Hospitality Association (BLLHA) and the Bow Valley Chamber of Commerce voiced strong opposition to a big jump in the fee from $21,000.

The body of the hiker was retrieved and taken to Canmore for transport to Calgary for the medical examiner on Wednesday morning (July 29).

Graham McDowell has been awarded the Canadian Association of Geographers' Award for Scholarly Distinction in Geography – the association's highest award for research excellence.

“It's one of those things where no matter what we do at the Banff Centre, the safety of the animals is first and foremost.”

“The big take away would be that dogs can sometimes help alert people to bears, but overall, they more often contributed to conflict than prevented it,” said scientist Lana Ciarniello, one of the study's authors who is also co-chair of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission's human-bear conflicts expert team.

In 2017, Parks Canada deemed the caretaker's cottage at the Upper Hot Springs "unfit for human occupancy due to structural deterioration and health hazards."

“I believe the MPC is best positioned to make informed, fair, discretionary planning decisions that balance the Town's housing, heritage, and development quality goals. This approach allows for timely input from property owners, neighbours and the heritage corporation.”

“I don't think anyone could have ever thought that, within the equity model, in 10 years that you're going to reach a $2 million home,” she said in reference to an independent consultant's projection.

The unique 1922 date stone from the historic Abbot Pass Hut is now on display in an interpretive exhibit at the Yoho Visitor Centre in Field, B.C.

Parks Canada's conservation breeding program, the first for caribou in North America, is working to rebuild threatened caribou herds in Jasper National Park.