Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Matthew Scace
Publication Date: May 19, 2025 - 11:26
Logging, pruning and anxiety in Banff ahead of first summer since Jasper wildfire
May 19, 2025
Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark thicket of trees where the empty plot ends.“The next fire in here is going to be incredible,” says the former Parks Canada fire management co-ordinator, standing in the expansive Carrot Creek fire break.
Dr. Jeff Eppler, an emergency room physician at Kelowna General Hospital, is getting ready for a hectic summer.He’s not only thinking about the typical seasonal spike – but the ripple effects of the closing of the hospital’s dedicated pediatric ward from May 26 to July 4 due to what Interior Health called “limited physician availability.”
June 9, 2025 - 07:36 | Wolfgang Depner | The Globe and Mail
Sixteen-year-old Roha Akram was skeptical when teachers in Calgary announced a cellphone ban during the first assembly of the school year.“I was like, ’No one’s going to follow this,’” the Grade 11 student recalled of the change in September.
June 9, 2025 - 07:23 | Fakiha Baig | The Globe and Mail
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to make an announcement related to "defence and security priorities," as the push for NATO countries to increase spending grows.
June 9, 2025 - 07:11 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
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