Banff

VERMILION VALLEY – A wildfire burning in Kootenay National Park has reached 1,420 hectares in size as of Wednesday (Aug. 8) afternoon and is expected to remain active for the remainder of the week.

VERMILION CROSSING – Parks Canada has shut Highway 93 South for an estimated 24-hours on Tuesday (Aug. 7) at 11:30 a.m. to continue fighting the Wardle wildfire in Kootenay National Park.

VERMILION CROSSING – After being shut completely to vehicle traffic due to wildfire for several days, Highway 93 South in B.C. through Kootenay National Park reopened as of Sunday afternoon (Aug. 5).

VERMILION CROSSING – A lightning sparked wildfire in Kootenay National Park has shut down Highway 93 South in B.C. and is now 1,200 hectares in size and growing.

BANFF – An aerial tram or gondola to Upper Goat's Eye, relocation of summer use and an expanded plan to deal with parking problems form part of Sunshine Village's future vision for development.

BANFF – Sunshine Village is pitching an idea to relocate its summer use from Sunshine Meadows to Upper Goat’s Eye.

BANFF – A proliferation of rock cairns in the mountain national parks has led Parks Canada to ask people to stop stacking stones.

Cathy Ellis BANFF – A large male black bear that wandered through the busy townsite and spent several hours up a tree outside the Banff IGA has been captured and moved to the other side of the Bow Valley.

BANFF – Banff’s bison herd was released from a fenced pasture into the wilds of Banff National Park on Sunday (July 29).

BANFF – Two tourists who weren’t carrying bear spray had a close encounter with a bruin on the Cory Pass trail in Banff National Park last weekend.