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In an effort to ensure disease is not spread between bison and cattle herds if Parks Canada is successful in restoring bison to the Rocky Mountains, keeping the animals separated is the best defence.

Banff Town council is not quite ready to throw its full support behind the purchase of biodiesel buses for the regional public transit system in the Bow Valley. On Monday (Feb.

Grizzly bears will be fitted with GPS collars and tracked as part of a plan to reduce the number of bears killed on the train tracks in Banff and Yoho national parks.

Parks Canada’s battle to stop what it sees as a Town of Banff move to expand the national park townsite’s commercial footprint has been dealt a hefty blow. On Monday (Feb.

Fish and Wildlife officers are again alerting residents of the Benchlands Trails and Elk Run Boulevard areas that a cougar has been spotted in the area. On Friday (Feb. 24) at about 10 p.m., a cougar was reported sitting on a driveway in Benchlands.

Canmore’s firefighters are concerned a new department created as of April 1 will put lives at risk, but local politicians and officials disagree and say the municipality should not be in the business of duplicating a provincial medical service.

Wolverines are an enduring symbol of wilderness – and to Douglas Chadwick these bad-ass creatures are the poster child of a growing campaign to protect the Flathead River Valley in southeastern B.C.

Backcountry enthusiasts from Kananaskis Country to the B.C. border may have dodged a bullet this week, but experts are warning dangerous avalanche conditions in the mountains still persist.

Banff’s Jan Hudec won his first career super-G race medal in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, Friday (Feb. 24).

A Banff woman was fined $200 for having her dog off-leash in Banff National Park.