Parks Canada has rebranded its organization with an updated version of its beaver logo. The federal agency did not disclose the costs associated with the redesign. There was only one tweak in the logo: the crisscross within the beaver’s tail was removed to simplify its overall design. Nothing else was modified on the logo. Parks…
Scenic NS Town Looking to Sell Historic 1890S Schoolhouse, Says Can’t Afford Upkeep
A prominent former schoolhouse in the scenic Nova Scotia town of Lunenburg is up for sale because the community can’t afford the costs of maintaining the national historic site. Lunenburg Academy, which dates back to 1895, is a three-storey Victorian-style building often referred to as the castle on the hill. The building served as a…
Parks Canada Says New Reservation System Working Well as Bookings Open in Busy Banff
Parks Canada says its new online reservation system to book camping sites and other activities at national parks appears to have worked well during its first week of operations. The site was recently updated to fix an older one that was prone to crashes and glitches. The new system has different reservation dates from mid-March…
Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks to See Infrastructure Upgrades
Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. It says $71 million in federal funding for Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks includes upgrades to critical infrastructure, such as Parks Canada dispatch for emergency calls, as well as to several…
‘Prey-Switching’ Blamed for Death of Toronto Woman Mauled by Coyotes 13 Years Ago
A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct. 27, 2009, when singer-songwriter Taylor Mitchell set out alone in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, resident coyotes had adapted to a limited food supply by…
Banff National Park Considers Next Steps for Bison Herd Reintroduced Into Backcountry
Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what’s next for a herd of plains bison in Banff National Park after a draft report shows its reintroduction in the park’s backcountry has been successful. The report on a five-year project, published online earlier this week, says the bison herd in the national park in Alberta has…
‘Situation Remains Precarious’: Jasper Struggles With Power Outages as Wildfire Rages On
The wildfire on Chetamon Mountain in Jasper National Park, Alberta, continues to burn through the forested area 15 kilometres north of the Jasper townsite. Parks Canada says there is presently no threat of the fire harming the townsite itself, but restoring power to the municipality and the damage caused to the transmission line is a deepening…
John Robson: In a Sign of Our Woke Times, Parks Canada Cancels Learn-to-Camp Lesson After Activist Complains
Commentary Nothing, not even maple syrup, can rival the cottage as a Canadian icon. But lately our love affair with nature is becoming a bit of a non-country song because we overwhelmingly live in big cities where a sterile monocultured lawn is as green as it gets. And when you try to put kids back…
Parks Canada Seeks to Attract More Chinese Visitors to Norman Bethune Site
March 10, 2021
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Parks Canada is planning to celebrate staunch Canadian communist Dr. Norman Bethune by introducing programs to draw more Chinese visitors to the Bethune Memorial House National Historic Site in Gravenhurst, Ont., where Bethune was born. Specifically, the federal agency aims to offer the public “a much deeper understanding of Bethune’s life and legacy,” according to…
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