Banff

Cathy Ellis BANFF – A large male black bear that wandered through the busy townsite and spent several hours up a tree outside the Banff IGA has been captured and moved to the other side of the Bow Valley.

BANFF – Banff’s bison herd was released from a fenced pasture into the wilds of Banff National Park on Sunday (July 29).

BANFF – Two tourists who weren’t carrying bear spray had a close encounter with a bruin on the Cory Pass trail in Banff National Park last weekend.

BANFF – Banff bylaw officers are being given discretionary powers on how to deal with illegal camping on private property.

A lightning-sparked wildfire in Kootenay National Park overnight has shut down Highway 93 South in both directions Wednesday morning (Aug. 1). According to Drive BC, the highway shut this morning at 7:50 a.m.

KOOTENAY – The BC Wildfire Service responded to a lightning-sparked wildfire in Kootenay National Park on Friday (July 27), which has grown in size over the weekend.

BANFF – A former employee at the Banff Centre that is accused of illegally accessing the company’s information technology systems in 2016 is heading back to trial.

BANFF – In an effort that was part training exercise, part public outreach, Parks Canada teamed up with Town of Banff fire crews to set up and test its fire prevention sprinkler system in Banff on Tuesday (July 24). Starting at 6 p.m.

BANFF – Federal Crown prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges related to an illegal cannabis dispensary that opened up in Banff at the beginning of 2017.

A thunder storm rolling through the Rocky Mountains on Thursday afternoon (July 19) sparked three fires within the borders of Banff National Park.