Cathy Ellis

Parks Canada says 358 of a total of 1,113 structures within the Jasper townsite have been destroyed by fire

“It is with heavy hearts that we report that this aggressive and fast-moving fire continues to burn in Jasper National Park."

First responders pulled from Jasper as out-of-control blaze reaches community

“A fire crew is currently actioning this fire,” states Parks Canada in a social media post.

“Typically these events occur after some sort of traumatic incidents, whether it’s an attack by another bear or another animal or some sort of severe incident that causes the cubs to separate.”

“It also went past a friend’s tent and it actually left what looked like, from the movie The Wolverine, big scratch marks in the tent fly."

“His uses of force were proportionate, necessary, and reasonable,” states the decision report by assistant executive director Matthew Block.

Two skiers were climbing the southwest ridge of the 3,544-metre peak at Mount Temple, one of the most popular alpine scrambles in Banff National Park, when one of them fell through a cornice at 3,350 metres, triggering a small avalanche.

The Town of Banff proposes changes to the land use bylaw in a bid to allow greater housing density gradually over time.

“The person was carried approximately 650 m down the southwest face towards Sentinel Pass, through some cliffs, and stopped at 2,950 metres."