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Photos: Exploring majestic hidden glacier caves in the Canadian Rockies

Formed in varying shapes and sizes, these glacier caves create the “perfect playground for photographers”

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A grizzly bear lies dead on the side of the road

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Animal crossing: Reconnecting North America’s most important wildlife corridor

This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.

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8 amazing places to visit for epic views of the Canadian Rockies

You don’t have to spend days hiking up and down steep slopes to make the most of your mountain experience. Check out our picks for the most scenic and accessible spots in the Canadian Rockies.

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The Banff zodiac

Follow the footsteps of Banff’s iconic wildlife to 12 must-do experiences in Canada’s most beloved mountain retreat

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The best larch hikes in Alberta

Celebrate autumn in Alberta by taking a larch hike in the Rockies

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Surrounded by snow-capped peaks, the new Kananaskis Nordic Spa is the perfect place to partake of a longstanding mountain tradition

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Alberta finally has a Nordic Spa—and its location is perfect

A Scandinavian tradition gets a Canadian spin at the new Kananaskis Nordic Spa

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Hope grows for one of Canada’s most endangered species as greater sage-grouse are released into the wild

The prairie bird has come close to extinction in Canada, but a captive breeding and reintroduction program is helping to halt its decline

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One curious swift fox stares down the lens of an automatic wildlife camera near Medicine Hat, Alta. (Photo courtesy of the Nature Conservancy of Canada)

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Swift foxes return to Alberta

A photo posted to Facebook by an amateur wildlife photographer led to the discovery of a new swift fox den in southern Alberta for the first time in nearly a century

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Boreal forest landscape near Fort McMurray, Alta.

Environment

Alberta creates new provincial park, adding to world’s largest stretch of protected boreal forest

The newly created Birch River Wildland Park joins a network of parks preserving an area of boreal wilderness twice the size of Vancouver Island

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Why won’t wolverines cross the road?

In shedding light on wolverines’ aversion to roads, new research suggests the key to their conservation in Alberta 

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How citizen scientists solved a migration mystery

No one knew golden eagles in the Yukon and Alaska migrated along the Rockies’ front ranges, until an avid birder noticed something strange

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Barons of the Prairies

A history of Alberta’s quirky Burger Baron restaurant chain

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Photos: Inside the Royal Alberta Museum’s mammoth move

The Royal Alberta Museum has officially opened its downtown Edmonton building, capping a complex multi-year move that’s captured in this behind-the-scenes photo essay

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A petroglyph believed to symbolize the circle of life  (Photo: Callum Snape)

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Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park takes visitors back in time

First Nations history shines through petroglyphs and pictographs

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Five places to savour a cocktail in Calgary

The birthplace of the Caesar is establishing itself as a surprising hub for craft cocktails 

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A tour of the best skiing in the Rockies

Leslie Anthony shares the best of the big hills

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Ten best hikes in Alberta

Best places in Alberta to take a hike

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Exploring Skoki

Travelling through Alberta’s storied mountaineering and ski-touring past and present

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Medalta kiln structures

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Cementing culture in Medicine Hat’s historic clay district

National Historic site takes visitors back in time to thriving industry

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A hundred years of rodeo

Capturing the spirit of the Calgary Stampede on the eve of its centennial

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“This is where our heart is”

Earlier this year, an Alberta Métis community became the first to purchase their territory from the province. Here’s what it means for their future. 

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An illustration of a handheld device that would use polymers to test drinking water quality

Science & Tech

University of Alberta researcher developing simpler way to test water quality

Michael Serpe's fieldwork is based in rural India, but he says Canadian First Nations communities could benefit from realtime water quality data as well

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Environment

How artificial intelligence could help predict major forest fires

Researchers at the University of Alberta have trained a "self-organizing map" to identify high-risk days for fires 

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Skeleton of a Struthiomimus altus from Drumheller’s Royal Tyrrell Museum

Science & Tech

Dinosaur death pose mystery

Theories behind why dinosaur fossils are found in a strange position

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Barry Kaye holds a bison skull at his ranch near Wainwright, Alta.

Wildlife

Bodo Bison

A local rancher gives a tour of his bison herd

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