Bison Return To The Landscape Near Batoche National Historic Site
Twenty-five Plains bison have been successfully transferred from Parks Canada to Métis Nation–Saskatchewan.
- By NPT Staff - December 11th, 2023 9:34am
Canada
Cape Breton Highlands Road To Become Hiking Trail
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is closing Mary Ann Falls Road to vehicles because of more frequent extreme and damaging weather events and turning it into a sustainable hiking and mountain biking trail.
- By NPT Staff - December 10th, 2023 2:30am
Riding Mountain National Park Grapples With Live Zebra Mussels
Parks Canada has found live zebra mussels — an aquatic invasive species — at Boat Cove on Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park.
- By NPT Staff - December 6th, 2023 2:30am
Canada Helps Funds New Fire Hall In Lake Louise
Canada has pledged $5 million ($3.7 million USD) to help Alberta Improvement District No. 9 (ID9) construct a new fire hall in the community of Lake Louise in Banff National Park.
- By NPT Staff - December 5th, 2023 2:30am
Province House Conservation Project Gets Funding Boost
The Province House National Historic Site conservation project in Prince Edward Island will get an extra $46 million ($34 million USD) for its final two phases.
- By NPT Staff - December 4th, 2023 2:30am
New Joint Marine Park Being Considered In Anticosti-Mingan Area
The governments of Canada and Quebec have announced their intent to establish a new joint marine park in Quebec to protect the Anticosti Island area.
- By NPT Staff - November 28th, 2023 2:30am
Fort Mississauga Gets Funds For Shoreline Erosion Project
Parks Canada has announced about $6 million ($4.4 million USD) for the protection of the cultural value of Fort Mississauga National Historic Site through the final phase of a break wall installation along the eastern portion of the site on the shores of Lake Ontario.
- By NPT Staff - November 27th, 2023 2:30am
Soaking In The History Of Radium Hot Springs
Relaxation doesn’t come naturally to everyone, so when I grudgingly slipped into the steamy, mineral-rich water at Radium Hot Springs, I couldn’t help but think of that deadly day in 1967 when a semi truck hauling gasoline lost control on the steep mountain highway nearby and crashed, killing the driver and spilling more than 7,000 gallons of fuel into the creek that ran beside the hot pool and under the main stone building.
- By Jennifer Bain - August 28th, 2024 6:29am
Indigenous Treaty Reawakened In Jasper National Park
Parks Canada worked with Simpcw First Nation and Stoney Nation this fall to facilitate the reawakening of a treaty between the two nations that shows a longstanding relationship and illustrates their mutual commitment to sharing resources.
- By NPT Staff - November 22nd, 2023 1:38pm
Canada Starts To Rectify Land Grab At Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Parks Canada and Pacheedaht First Nation have signed a ground-breaking agreement that returns the use of ?A:?b?e:?s (Middle Beach) in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve to the Nation in advance of Treaty settlement.
- By NPT Staff - November 21st, 2023 2:30am
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