(Beth Clifton collage)

Grizzly Bear #126 gets a good night’s sleep

BANFF,  Alberta––Many of the estimated 8,000 human residents of the City of Banff and 25,000 Canada Day visitors to Banff National Park may have awakened the next day,  July 2,  2018,  with headsplitting hangovers.

Unaccustomed outdoor exercise,  a hot late night,  a high pollen count,  and too much beer took their toll among the guests and residents,  as always.

But Grizzly Bear #126,  the laid-back,  almost friendly unofficial Banff National Park greeter,  probably turned in early,  slept well,  and was up again at dawn without a headache for possibly the first post-Canada Day morning in his dozen-year life.

(Beth Clifton collage)

No more big bangs over Banff

This was because,  explained Jack Hauen of the Toronto Globe & Mail,  “The town switched to a pyrotechnics display,  like you might see at a rock concert,  over…