May 09, 2013 – Rocky Mountain Outlook. Story by Cathy Ellis. Spring is a critical time for wildlife in the Bow Valley – hungry bears are starting to emerge from their dens in search of food and wolves are looking after a new litter of pups. The season is, in fact, so important to wildlife  [ Read More ]

May 10 2013 – Alberta Government. Families, bikers, hikers, and rollerbladers will have eight more kilometers to enjoy along the Rocky Mountain Legacy Trail between Canmore and Banff. The extension of one of the most scenic routes in the world is the result of a $4.35 million investment by the Alberta government, the towns of  [ Read More ]

May. 04 2013. The Globe and Mail – Story By Dawn Walton. New Brunswick’s Kouchibouguac National Park is proposing to charge visitors $4.25 for a day of soft-shell clam fishing. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Gros Morne National Park hopes to charge swimmers $2.50, with packages of lessons costing up $247.50. Ontario’s Fort George National Historic Site  [ Read More ]

May. 01 2013. Edmonton Journal — Story by Bill Mah EDMONTON – The inaugural commercial in Travel Alberta’s Remember to Breathe campaign has garnered 1.8 million YouTube views in two years and has won more than 25 marketing awards, but the Crown Corporation isn’t resting on those laurels. It’s launching Remember to Breathe 3.0, with  [ Read More ]

April. 29, 2013. Globe and Mail – Story By Ian Brown. One morning, the mountains that surround Banff disappeared. A bank of cloud had invaded and obscured them. Suddenly, the town was a floating island, a nowhere. It lasted a few days, on and off, and was more unsettling than you’d think. I like having  [ Read More ]

April. 22, 2013 – Calgary Herald Editorial Staff. Just think of the benefits: No puzzling over which tent pole goes where, no snapping at the kids as your half- erected shelter tips perilously sideways, no embarrassment as it collapses in the middle of the rainy night. Parks Canada deserves kudos for its proposal to erect  [ Read More ]

  Photograph by Parks Canada, Handout. Calgary Herald. Story by Colette Derworiz. April 16 2013.  Parks Canada bringing oTENTik to Banff and Kootenay by July. Think you might enjoy camping but prefer the comforts of home too much to live out of a tent for the weekend? Parks Canada has another option for you. Twenty oTENTik  [ Read More ]

Story by CBC Jasper National Park plans to ban backcountry skiing in high elevation areas from Nov. 1 to March 1 in an effort to protect woodland caribou from predators. Caribou are a threatened species. The animals move to higher elevations in the winter and the restrictions are necessary to protect them, according to John  [ Read More ]

March 27th 2013. The Banff Crag & Canyon, story By Larissa Barlow. They’re not just taking on one radio station, but three. The Banff Centre is asking the CRTC for permission to launch a commercial radio station, so far known as CJXB-FM Banff, which will be at 107.9FM. The centre had already indicated they’d be  [ Read More ]

April 4th 2013. Rocky Mountain Outlook Story by Cathy Ellis. Organizers of commercial special event in Banff National Park will now be required to cover the costs of any Parks Canada staff time devoted to the event — rather than the Canadian tax payers. In addition to the new cost recovery requirement for staff time  [ Read More ]