Banff

"That’s five animals just in the last little while, so it’s definitely on our radar that that’s fairly high mortality," said Bill Hunt, resource conservation manager for Banff National Park.

“We all remember what happened with house parties at Halloween and what that meant to our community in terms of numbers soaring," said Coun. Chip Olver.

“Our primary focus is to keep wildlife and people safe in this situation – that’s why we have the closure in place.”

COVID-19 presented an unexpected hurdle to overcome, or new opportunity to pivot for a number of Bow Valley entrepreneurs. Their passion for their profession and community pushed them to succeed.

The Wim and Nancy Pauw Foundation is donating $90,000 to help offset recreation costs for Banff residents.

“The idea was to help foster some hope and connection for people during tough times,” says Heather Jean Jordan.

A delay in the supply of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine will leave some Albertans waiting a little longer to get vaccinated.

Freediving is a sport normally associated with the warm waters of Hawaii or the Caribbean, but Lorenza Malaguti’s passion for the little-known sport has led her to practice it in extreme conditions

A draft policy that will be presented to Banff's finance and governance committee on Monday (March 22) sets out what types of projects should be funded by the net revenues from paid parking – estimated to be $1.1 million a year.

“If we’re not careful, including in the Y2Y region, we’ll lose that connectivity and we won’t see these kinds of movements like wolf 2001.”