Cathy Ellis

“It was a big electrical storm. Their hair was standing up, everything was buzzing. One guy described his moustache as buzzing."

Cougar who killed an elk believed to have left the area, says a human-wildlife coexistence specialist for Banff National Park.

“Where is that pressure coming from? Is it based on science, is it based on conflict rates increasing, or is it just based on a minister that wants to shoot grizzly bears?”

Parks Canada has closed a portion of land between the Bow River trail and the Bow River, between the Banff Avenue bridge and the Muskrat Street pedestrian bridge on the north side of the river.

Officials say wildfire remains the top-rated hazard to life, property and critical infrastructure within and around the Bow Valley.

“Given the impact the fire had on the 175 residents who lost their home and all of their belongings, not to mention the potential for lost lives, those residents might consider the sentence ‘light’,”.

Parks Canada issued an advisory for Banff National Park asking people to give rutting elk their space.

“They are the grizzly bear of the water. They are the top of the food chain,” said Mark Taylor, aquatic ecologist team leader for Banff National Park.

Banff RCMP said a group from Ontario are charged in thefts of high-end clothing from two businesses.

Town of Canmore has issued a provincial violation ticket against property owners where a bear was feeding on crabapples for several days.