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Byline: DAVE LeBLANC KINGSTON We pass through an arched doorway that indicates a change in the 'status of the rooms,' says Tamara van Dyk of Parks Canada. Here is where [...]

Byline: IVAN SEMENIUK; Staff In the aftermath of the devastating wildfire that destroyed one-third of the town of Jasper, Alta., two weeks ago, Parks Canada says it has been working [...]

The beach is more about broken glass from generations of illicit parties than sand. The roar and squeal of a nearby railway locomotive compete with the birdsong. The wind carries [...]

Byline: BOB WEBER; THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON -- They're affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they're mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once [...]

Byline: COLETTE DERWORIZ; THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY -- Campers logged into their computers, tablets and smartphones bright and early Thursday morning hoping to book their favourite sites in Banff National [...]

Byline: MARYAM SIDDIQI You're now able to book your 2023 camping site or reserve a cabin at Parks Canada's 40 national sites through parks.canada.ca/voyage-travel/reserve. Access to reservations is being rolled [...]

Byline: ANTHONY DAVIS Not long ago, hopping on a fat bike in the winter and finding a rideable, snowy, mountain biking trail in Banff to pedal through 'was a total [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY -- Parks Canada says visitors will be able to start booking reservations for camping and other activities at its sites across the country in March. [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS BANFF, ALTA. -- BANFF, ALTA. Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British [...]

Byline: CARRIE TAIT; Staff Alberta's war with the federal government has a new front: the parking lot at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park. Todd Loewen, the provincial Minister of [...]

Byline: JANA G. PRUDEN; Staff EDMONTON -- The water of Moraine Lake in Alberta seems to have been poured straight from the heavens - or at least that's how the [...]

Byline: BOB WEBER; THE CANADIAN PRESS Environmental groups are welcoming Parks Canada's buyout of two businesses in Jasper National Park's Tonquin Valley, a scenic and heavily visited destination also used [...]

Byline: BOB WEBER; THE CANADIAN PRESS Eleven metres below the surface of the Northwest Passage, deep within the wreck of one of Captain John Franklin's doomed ships, something caught the [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS BANFF, ALTA. -- Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what's next for a herd of plains bison in Banff National Park after a draft report [...]

Byline: IVAN SEMENIUK; Staff Sam Hunter was not prepared for what he saw one morning this past July when he stepped out of his cabin near the shore of Hudson [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS Parks Canada says more rain fell on the Chetamon wildfire in Jasper National Park on Friday night than has fallen since lightning sparked the blaze on [...]

Byline: CARRIE TAIT; Staff Banff National Park, the oldest and most recognizable of the country's 47 national parks, is busy. Roughly 8.3 million vehicles reach the park gates each year, [...]

Byline: CARRIE TAIT; Staff Parks Canada has outlined a series of targets designed to mitigate climate change and traffic congestion in a handful of the country's premier mountain destinations, including [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS A popular tourist attraction in Alberta's Banff National Park is getting some upgrades to improve visitor safety and protect an endangered bird. Parks Canada says it [...]

Byline: AMANDA STEPHENSON; THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY -- Updated ridership projections show a proposed $1.5-billion Calgary-to-Banff passenger train could be a success without annual payments from the government of Alberta, [...]

Byline: KRISTY KIRKUP; Staff OTTAWA -- A member of a Northern Alberta First Nation and its chief say a warning from Parks Canada to stop harvesting salt from Wood Buffalo [...]

Byline: CAMILLE BAINS; THE CANADIAN PRESS Climbers who've made the difficult but awe-inspiring hike to a century-old stone hut perched atop a mountain pass between British Columbia and Alberta are [...]

Byline: KEVIN BISSETT, THE CANADIAN PRESS FREDERICTON -- Lead Tensions are escalating between Parks Canada and the family of the late Jackie Vautour over who is the rightful owner of [...]

Byline: BOB WEBER, THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON -- Lead Environmentalists and scientists are calling on Parks Canada to further restrict access to Rocky Mountain backcountry in an effort to help [...]

Byline: KATE HARRIES; Special to the Globe and Mail A suggested cull of double-crested cormorants has sparked fierce debate, highlighting a conservation dilemma posed by the recovery of a bird [...]