Kananaskis Country

EDITORIAL: The unseasonably warm winter has continued to remain in the Bow Valley.

A total 10-20 centimetres of snow is forecasted to fall, with heaviest accumulations “south of a line from Canmore to Okotoks to Bassano.”

LETTER: Gondola should be re-considered by Parks Canada.

A missing 14-year-old girl has been found safe.

“Further interviews have since determined the cause of the incident was unwitnessed therefore the cause cannot be confirmed. Visibility in the couloir was poor that day.”

LETTER: Tourism is back on track and the Alberta government wants more. They plan on doubling tourism dollars in the next five to 10 years, bringing in billions. The money sounds great, but where are you going to put the tourists.

Have you seen Mary Lauren Wesley?

PHOTOS: Nighttime on the Kananaskis cross-country skate skiing trails

“A single member of a party of three on the Aemmer Couloir of Mount Temple was hit by a sluff from the rock face above the couloir and knocked off his feet while cramponing.”

“And we know the Highwood River is really important for bull trout – it’s well documented it’s an important area for spawning. ... But what we didn’t know was the importance of Loomis Creek. It flows into the Highwood (River), and is one of the places that would be most impacted because logging is planned along both sides of the creek, so we wanted to find out whether the bull trout were using Loomis Creek.”