Kananaskis Country

“At the end of the day, it’s not the gun itself it's the person whose hands it's in,” said Banff-Airdrie MP Blake Richards.

If anyone visiting Kananaskis Country in 2020 thought it was busier than normal, it wasn’t their imagination after the popular provincial park had a record 5.39 million visitors.

Children and youth are allowed to practice minor sports starting Monday (Feb. 8).

The female ice climber was transported to Foothills Medical Centre in stable, non-life-threatening condition.

A selection of photos published by the Rocky Mountain Outlook in 2020.

The past year was a busy year for residents of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, the MD of Bighorn and Kananaskis Country.

The Fortress Larches and Fortress Ridgeline tours are Ranger-ATV-assisted tours designed to allow visitors easy access to the Alberta backcountry, which began operations at Fortress Mountain Resort in mid-August

“People must be aware that even though the weather has settled, dangerous avalanche conditions remain throughout much of western Canada. There is a serious potential for large, human-triggered avalanches at this time.”

“All sites will maintain their parks designations, regardless of whether they have confirmed an operational partnership,” according to the news release on Tuesday (Dec. 22).

RCMP detachments in the Bow Valley are warning against travel on the region's highways after a winter storm dumped snow overnight Monday (Dec. 21).