Banff National Park

• Uncertain future for Banff pedestrian zone after vehicle-friendly petition validated

  The decision to turn a section of Banff Avenue into a summer season pedestrian zone will undergo another council vote after a petition opposing the plan was declared valid.

  Canada

  Apr 15
  
• Parks Canada implementing no stopping zone in Banff to protect bears

  Parks Canada said a safe opportunity to view wildlife cannot be accommodated in the area. 

  Environment

  Apr 12
  
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• Planning a trip to Lake Louise this summer? Expect to pay more for parking

  Lakeshore parking at Lake Louise is climbing to $36.75 per day per vehicle.

  Canada

  Mar 22
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• Parks Canada investigation finds no evidence of Banff cougar attack

  Parks Canada says an investigation has turned up no evidence of a cougar attack  reported last month in Banff National Park. 

  Canada

  Mar 8
• Banff National Park cougar attack leaves 1 person with minor injuries

  A cougar attack in a wilderness area of Banff National Park on Monday has left one person with minor injuries.

  Environment

  Feb 13
• Diminished snowpack in Rocky Mountains raises wildfire concerns

  Parks Canada is being a large fireguard on the boundary between Yoho National Park and Banff National Park as wildfire season approaches and the state of the snowpack remains grim.

  Canada

  Feb 1
• Significant avalanche risk in Rocky Mountains’ national parks: Parks Canada

  Parks Canada is warning backcountry users about the unstable snowpack in the national parks after a skier was injured recently in a slide he triggered. 

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2023
• University fund will honour couple killed in Banff bear attack

  The family of a couple killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park is establishing an endowment fund at the University of Lethbridge in their memory.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2023
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• Bear that killed 2 people in Banff National Park was old, had bad teeth: officials

  Parks Canada says a grizzly bear that killed a couple and their dog in Banff National Park on the weekend was old, underweight and had bad teeth.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2023
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• Grizzly bear attacks a risk in wilderness but rare, experts say after Banff deaths

  A expert who's a family friend of one of two people killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park says the couple was experienced in the outdoors.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2023