Fourteen bison are being taken 500 kilometres northwest to Woodland Cree First Nation as part of Elk Island's bison conservation program.

Montreal City Councillor Marvin Rotrand is calling for a national park to be built instead of Mayor Plante's urban park proposal.

At a meeting this week in Azerbaijan, UNESCO praised Canada for measures it has taken to stop the deterioration of Wood Buffalo National Park.

Areas of the park have been closed since Friday when Parks Canada first issued restrictions. 

The Kejimkujik Seaside area of the park will have restrictions in place on Friday and will be closed until at least Monday, Parks Canada said in a press release. 

Parks Canada is warning the public about the dangers of bears and cougars at a nearby national park - and hoping visitors can help keep themselves and the wildlife, safe.

The consultant concludes that “establishing the proposed national park reserve will require ongoing efforts to reconcile differing views on the initiative.”

"There's a lot of mystery we're finding out that's leading up to a negative," South Okanagan Similkameen (SOS) Preservation Society spokesperson Lionel Trudel said.

Parks Canada says a report on the feedback it received will be issued in the coming months.

A new wildland park in northern Alberta will go a long way toward ensuring Indigenous people can keep up their traditional pursuits, a local First Nation said Tuesday.