Upwards of 70 centimetres of snow could fall in parts of Banff and Jasper national parks this weekend.

Tour companies and hotels in destinations popular with Chinese tourists — like Alberta's mountain parks and the Northwest Territories — are starting to see cancellations.

Parks Canada scientists, who have been monitoring songbird populations since 2007, found most are doing well in Banff, Jasper, Waterton Lakes, Yoho and Kootenay national parks.

A teenage girl from Vancouver was killed and a woman airlifted to an Edmonton hospital in life-threatening condition after their car collided with a minivan in Jasper National Park Sunday afternoon.

Parts of western Alberta, including Jasper National Park and the Hinton area have been hard hit by the mountain pine beetle. Now, dead trees are being reported in metro Edmonton.

A plane that crashed into the Athabasca River near Jasper, Alta., in July stalled and entered into a spin shortly after takeoff, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

Parks Canada officials say the bear reports have become counterproductive.

A college student visiting from Los Angeles captured video of a bear running across a wooden foot bridge full of people, including children.

A Cessna 150J that crashed near Jasper over the weekend, killing the plane's passenger, has been recovered from the Athabasca River.

A group of climbers were on the north side of Mt. Athabasca when they found the old Second World War-era explosive.