On a variable May morning at the toe of the Athabasca Glacier, a new kind of machine hummed quietly onto the ancient ice. After decades of diesel engines roaring across one of the most visited glaciers in North America, Pursuit unveiled what it says is the world’s first electric Ice Explorer — a Can...

Visitors to the Columbia Icefields have a new way to step into the world of glaciers. An interactive art installation featuring landscape photography, exhibiting at the Discovery Centre’s Glacier Gallery , raises awareness about climate change and helps inspires individuals into personal action. "Tu...

Jasperites encouraged to attend wildfire resilience event A live music event, a rally cry, a celebration of resilience, a reckoning. An artist’s statement on a changing climate, a gathering of community, an album release night, a fundraiser. Call it what you will, the upcoming Jam for Jasper will be...

A group of Alberta energy executives has cancelled their corporate retreat in Jasper because they’re mad that the municipality’s mayor wants federal politicians to make climate change a priority. What other conclusion could anyone take away from reading an April 15 letter from the Mullen Group , a t...

Wild Aerial to screen during Jasper in January An aerial athlete and climate champion who lost her home and possessions in the Jasper Wildfire is bringing attention to the mountains’ fragile alpine environments via a celebration of all things winter. Together with filmmaker Trixie Pacis, Sasha Galit...

Beneath surface-level discussions and debates around the Jasper wildfire lies a more complex reality. This fire is not just an isolated event, but part of a broader pattern linked to climate change—a result of a century of colonial land use practices and an economic system focused on extraction and ...

Wildfires, smoke hazards, freezing rain and extreme heat are predicted to increase in Jasper over the next 30 years, and the town can expect the daily average temperature to never drop below minus 30 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. This, according to a recently released Climate Risk Asses...

The Pacific Decadal Oscillation is still being studied, but high water events in the Rockies offer clues Medicine Lake has breached its banks for the fourth year in a row. To visitors, the event is an interesting but perhaps unremarkable sight on their tour of many Rockies waterbodies. To kayakers i...