Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada: Moraine Lake is a snow and glacially fed lake in Banff National Park, 14 kilometres outside the village of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It is situated in the Valley of the Ten Peaks, at an elevation of approximately 1,884 metres. The lake has a surface area of 50 hectares. Wikipedia

By Monascherie

Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada

From the exam-marking trenches to the ivory tower executive suites, Premier Danielle Smith has injected nervousness throughout Alberta's post-secondary sector. It initially seemed her Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities Act, was intended to make her government play checkstop or gatekeeper whenever the federal government and mayors made deals without provincial involvement. Then it became apparent that Smith's government would apply the same scrutiny to the higher-learning sector, and the premier's remarks made it clear she had federal research grants and notions of ideological "balance" in her targets. "When the government of Alberta states that it wants to align research funding with provincial priorities, it risks colouring research coming from Alberta post-secondary institutions as propaganda," wrote Gordon Swaters, a University of Alberta mathematics professor and academic staff association president. 

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Hidden Lake and Boulder Pass, by Darren Umbsaar

(by Ali Kazal)

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Reblog for the sample size!!

i was inspired by my last rb.

Castle mountain, Banff National Park🇨🇦

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snow path

Cooling down with some refreshing mountain water in the Valley Of The Ten Peaks.

Banff, Alberta

1977

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A private member's bill that grants the Alberta government more power over decisions around national urban parks passed in the legislature on Monday.  Bill 204 is an amendment to the Municipal Government's Act. It was first introduced last November.  The bill states that the province can prescribe conditions under which a municipal council may negotiate a proposed national urban park plan and councils would be required to follow those conditions. 

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Early morning in Banff National Park

Taken October 2022

(by Christian Garcia)

Lake Moraine in fog.