Grizzly Bear Attack Leaves Two Dead In Banff National Park
Two people have been killed by a grizzly bear in Alberta’s Banff National Park.
- By NPT Staff - October 2nd, 2023 2:30am
News in the Park
Start Canada Day With Parks Canada At Signal Hill
Parks Canada will kick off Canada Day celebrations with its annual sunrise event at Signal Hill National Historic Site.
- By NPT Staff - June 30th, 2023 2:45am
Bow Valley Parkway Restrictions Begin In Banff National Park
To minimize disturbance for sensitive wildlife between dusk and dawn, the mandatory seasonal travel restriction on the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park began March 1 and runs to June 25.
- By NPT Staff - March 12th, 2023 1:45am
Trent-Severn Waterway Starts To Finalize Its Management Plan
The Trent-Severn Waterway National Historic Site — one of nine heritage canals managed by Parks Canada — is working on its new management plan.
- By NPT Staff - July 21st, 2022 2:45am
Park People: Conversation With A Wild Ice Photographer
For a few precious weeks in early winter, usually after the water freezes and before the first snowfall, some lakes in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains form “wild ice.” The smooth surface is temporarily skateable and sometimes gorgeous frozen bubbles can be seen just beneath the surface.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Park People: Conversation With A Climate Change Scientist
Growing up in Nova Scotia, attending a high school with an outdoor education focus, taking a sustainable forestry course that asked her to connect how clearcutting killed Atlantic salmon, and joining annual field trips to Kejimkujik National Park, Hilary Harrop-Archibald always had her eye on an eventual career with Parks Canada.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
Custom Missouri License Plates Feature Gateway Arch
Missouri motorists can now buy newly redesigned license plates commemorating the Gateway Arch.
- By NPT Staff - March 27th, 2021 2:15am
Prince Edward Island National Park Announces Expansion
Prince Edward Island National Park is getting new dunes as part of a 405-acre expansion.
- By NPT Staff - March 25th, 2021 2:30am
Icefields Parkway Viewpoint Closed Until August In Alberta
One of the most popular viewpoints along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park will remain closed until August for a second summer of construction.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
The Mi'kmaq Confederacy's Dream For A New National Park In Prince Edward Island
The coronavirus pandemic has slowed plans to protect Prince Edward Island’s last coastal wilderness, but work is being done to finally launch the public input stage surrounding a proposed national park reserve in a chain of barrier islands.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 2nd, 2024 5:57am
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