Parks Canada spending icefields trail money outside Jasper National Park
By Craig Gilbert, The Fitzhugh, 14/02/19. Rare stallions on Sable Island, a national park reserve off the coast of Nova Scotia. Parks Canada is using money earmarked for a trail in Jasper National Park to clean the tiny island up. | Paul Gierszewski/from Wikimedia Commons photo. Surprise and disappointment took hold alongside the frigid cold […]
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Resort municipality status remains elusive 10 years on
By Paul Clarke, Rocky Mountain Outlook, 14/02/19. The red line indicates the visitation for 2018, while the gray ribbon is the historical minimum and maximum visitation from 2014-18. Banff’s visitation was on average 2.7 percent lower than from 2017’s high. Photo credit: Aryn Toombs RMO Illustration. Source: Alberta government For more than 10 years […]
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From grizzly bears to jaguars: How wildlife mitigation in the Bow Valley inspired the world
BY JENNA DULEWICH, Rocky Mountain Outlook, 25/02/19. A wildlife overpass stands as the only safe passage across the Trans-Canada Highway near the junction of the Icefields Parkway at Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Photo credit: RMO File Photo Why did the grizzly bear cross the road? Perhaps to find a mate, but a […]
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Sunshine ski resort owner gets unfair offer he can’t refuse from feds
By Licia Corbella, Opinion Columnist- The Calgary Herald, 01/23/19. The Collins dictionary defines extortion as “the crime of obtaining something from someone, especially money, by using force or threats.” Parks Canada, then, may have just become this country’s largest extortionist. On Monday, Ralph Scurfield, president and CEO of Sunshine Village — the ski resort he […]
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Icefields Trail Project Abandoned
By Cathy Ellis, Rocky Mountain Outlook, 25/01/19. Banff– A controversial $86.4 million bike trail in Jasper National Plan is officially off the table. Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 23), the federal government announced it wouldn’t be proceeding with the 107-kilometre paved trail between Jasper and the Columbia Icefield. There were plans to eventually extend the trail to […]
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Creating a Bighorn Country for all Albertans
November 23, 2018 Alberta is consulting on a proposal for Bighorn Country that would conserve natural landscapes while boosting economic development, tourism and recreation. Premier Notley and Minister Phillips announce consultation plans for Bighorn Country at the Van Vliet Complex on the University of Alberta campus. Located between Banff and Jasper national parks, Bighorn Country includes […]
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