The province had initially planned to fully or partially close 20 provincial parks and hand off another 164 to third-party managers.

Parks Canada said that shuttle services to popular tourist destinations, including Lake Louise, Moraine Lake and Lake O'Hara, will not be available this year.

The Alberta Opposition is calling on the government to hold virtual public hearings on a plan to remove dozens of parks and recreation sites from the provincial system.

The Alberta government said nearly 32,000 individual campsite reservations were processed in a four-hour period on May 14.

There won't be the usual parade of vehicles headed out camping this May long weekend.

The Alberta government is delaying the release of information on its parks partnership plan.

Albertans are expected to learn Monday how they can take up to 164 provincial parks and recreation sites off the hands of a government that no longer wants them.

"We know there's lot of animals that are never found when they're injured, so we could see that change."

Camping destinations operated by Alberta Parks or Parks Canada have been shut down amid COVID-19, but some privately-owned campgrounds are open.

In an effort to improve physical distancing and limit group sizes amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alberta government restricted motor vehicles from accessing parts of provincial parks.