A town in an Alberta national park that would normally still be teeming with late summer visitors is now empty except for emergency workers who are preparing to save its buildings from a wildfire.
A popular national park in the southwestern corner of Alberta was under a mandatory evacuation order on Sept. 8, 2017, because a forecasted shift in wind was expected to heighten the wildfire danger.
Projects to protect land in Quebec are too often blocked because of misleading economic claims, according to Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society’s Quebec chapter.
From avoiding burned out workers to ensuring washrooms have enough toilet paper, documents show how Parks Canada painstakingly prepared for a record number of visitors this year.
A feisty female grizzly that came too close to people too often has been moved far away from her stomping grounds in Banff National Park and the Canmore area to protect public safety.
Parks Canada often promotes the Icefields Parkway between Jasper and Banff as "one of the most scenic drives in the world," but a plan to build a bike path has hit its fair share of bumps in the road.
While the memorial has largely been out of the media over the last year, it remains a hot topic locally in Cape Breton, and has left the Ingonish community divided over its merits.