Bow Valley

• Bow Valley groups band together to prevent devastating wildfires

  A massive effort is underway in the Bow Valley, west of Calgary, to protect the area from a similarly disastrous that hit the town of Jasper, Alberta in the summer of 2024.

  Environment

  Feb 13, 2025
  
• Bear encounter prompts temporary closure of Lady Macdonald Trail near Canmore

  Alberta Parks confirms the Lady Macdonald Trail, located just outside of Canmore, was closed to the public as of Saturday and will remain off-limits until further notice.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
  
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• Canmore housing crisis leads to debate over employees living in industrial areas

  Residential areas have bylaws to protect residents, but those same controls don't exist in industrial areas and there's the question of how permanent the housing is.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2023
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• Alberta government partners with Canmore to build affordable housing in the Bow Valley

  The province said it will use 2.3-hectares of land between Palliser Trail and the Trans-Canada Highway to plan, design and approve an affordable housing project.

  Canada

  Apr 17, 2023
• Mountain pine beetle population decimated in Jasper National Park after consecutive deep freezes

  Parks Canada said it was a memorable cold snap in 2019 that really started to significantly bring down the population of mountain pine beetles in Jasper National Park.

  Environment

  Dec 16, 2022
• Research shows grizzly bears, wolves avoid towns and trails in Alberta’s Bow Valley

  It's getting to the point where animals won't be able to make it through the Bow Valley, a key corridor used by animals to move around in the Rocky Mountains, Hebblewhite said.

  Environment

  May 9, 2022
• ‘Not sustainable’: Kananaskis annual user fee coming June 1 as recreation area flooded with visitors

  More than five million people visited Kananaskis last year — almost a million higher than nearby Banff National Park, Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon said.

  Environment

  Apr 27, 2021
• Alberta climbing community seeks change for ‘racist, sexist’ mountain, trail names

  Alberta's climbing community is making a push to change some controversial names for both mountains and rock climbing trails in the province.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2020
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• White grizzly named by Bow Valley residents

  Nakoda means "friend" or "ally" in the native language of three Indigenous tribes in the area: Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley.

  Environment

  May 22, 2020
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• Calgary weather: Rainfall warning ends

  Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for Calgary on Friday, saying a low-pressure system would bring precipitation to the city.

  Weather

  Jun 21, 2019