Banff

A terrible tragedy in the remote wilderness of Banff National Park has left two people, a dog, and a grizzly bear dead.

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“I’ve seen as many as eight or nine RVs sitting there as early as six o’clock in the morning, so I think it’s a significant issue and I think it's something we should look into – either enforcing it more or the idea of putting up some kind of barricade to prevent them from parking overnight.”

In a letter to Alberta’s minister responsible for energy and minerals, Banff-Kananaskis NDP MLA Sarah Elmeligi and NDP critic for environment Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse demanded an “immediate public commitment” from the province to prevent any new mining applications from coming forward.

“A response to the incident will be shared publicly. The response will include lessons learned from the incident.”

“It is a question of treating wild animals with respect: not chasing, not feeding, not teasing, not watching except from a very great distance – more than three or four bus lengths – far enough away that binoculars are needed.”

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A family member of the couple killed by a grizzly bear in the wilderness of Banff National Park says he knew something was terribly wrong as soon as he received a call with a message from their satellite device.

“There are these odd, strange, very, very sad events and you know they're just oddities and what actually happens is nobody's left alive to tell the story and there will always be some kind of a speculation.”