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UPDATED: Sighting of white grizzly bear in Banff 'exceedingly rare'

Parks Canada urges drivers to obey all signs and to avoid stopping on the Trans-Canada Highway where a rare white grizzly bear and its sibling have been hanging out. “They’ve been getting onto the highway right-of-way fairly regularly and we’ve been getting reports of them along that section."

May 5, 2020 2:15 PM Read more >

Federal government earmarking $77M to keep food-processing industry safe

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Trudeau pledges $252M for COVID-19 aid to agriculture

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Notorious Banff grizzly Split Lip kills bear cub

“Bear 136 killed one of the cubs of 142, which is a natural occurrence in the wild,” said Jon Stuart-Smith, a Parks Canada human-wildlife coexistence specialist for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay national parks.

May 4, 2020 4:15 PM Read more >

COVID-19 causes Alberta to delay release of guidelines on parks partnerships

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Using technology to connect with each other is old hat for ham radio operators

Amateur radio operators use the airwaves to stay connected during coronavirus outbtreak

May 4, 2020 2:45 PM Read more >

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on May 4

May 4, 2020 1:37 PM Read more >

Pet dog in Canmore refuses to leave dying elk's side

“I could not coax Angus to leave him at all; he just wouldn’t go. Marvin was breathing very, very shallowly at that point so he probably died sometime during the next two hours.”

May 4, 2020 1:15 PM Read more >

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau launches podcast series about mental health well-being

The 45-minute-long program is on all major podcast platforms

May 4, 2020 11:45 AM Read more >

Father and son beat the boredom with online cooking show

Black Diamond's Andrew and Liam Dunning are spicing up social distancing with Credit Cooking after temporarily shutting down their family business.

May 4, 2020 9:45 AM Read more >