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Scientist Daniel Shugar says images of the aftermath of Thursday's deadly rockslide in Banff National Park provide evidence of its cause — water flowing through the interior of the mountain.

“You can actually see some springs coming out of the cliff and actually coming out exactly from the scar itself,” said the University of Calgary professor of geomorphology.

He described how water from a lake above the cliff at Bow Glacier Falls had been seeping through rocks for decades before it eventually provided enough force to dislodge a boulder, triggering the rockfall.

One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary.

The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator in the department of occupational therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. 

She retired last summer.

Her body was found shortly after a slab of mountain suddenly gave way Thursday afternoon, collapsing on hikers at a popular trail near Bow Glacier Falls, about 200 kilometres northwest of Calgary.

Search teams located a second body Friday following a massive rockfall off a hiking trail in Banff National Park.

“RCMP are notifying their next of kin and no further information is available at this time,” read a statement issued by Mounties and Parks Canada.

A 70-year-old woman from Calgary was first found dead at the site of Thursday's rock slide at Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise.

Three others were taken to hospital and were reported in stable condition.

Grande Prairie City Council approved a five-year extension of Hansen Lincoln’s naming rights for the west turf field and grandstands located at the Community Knowledge Campus.

The agreement begins at the end of the current term and extends the naming rights of Hansen Lincoln Field through to 2032. The early extension provides funding for lighting improvements along the west side of the grandstands at the facility.

Canadian artist Dan Bremnes has released his latest EP, The Hero.

The four-track EP explores what it means to be a hero. 

"The Hero is out today. The first of 3 chapters. ‘The Hero & The Villain’ I’m super proud of this project and all of the talent involved in bringing it to life!," Bremnes said on social media. 

TobyMac has released a special song in memory of Gabe Patillo, a TobyMac Diverse City member who died last year after a battle with cancer. 

Gabriel Patillo was a multi-talented man who, by the age of 10, was dancing onstage alongside DC Talk. He also performed in music videos for Brentwood Music and worked as a theatre kid for Opryland, all before age 15. 

Christian artist Leeland, who will be in Winnipeg later this year, has welcomed a new member to his family. 

Leeland and his wife, Mandy, welcomed their son Elliot James into the world earlier this week. 

"Welcome to the world, Elliott James, 8 lbs 15oz of pure cuteness!" said Mandy in a social media post. "Labour was the most intense, surreal yet beautiful experience. I'm so thankful to have my husband and family around us as I laboured!"

Mark 8:36

"What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?"

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Psalm 139:14

The next time you pick up your little baby or grandbaby, look into the face of that marvellously made child and say, "You are fearfully and wonderfully made."

And it wouldn't hurt to repeat that statement throughout her childhood.

Children need to know how valuable they are in God's sight—and ours. Nothing gives them greater security than a strong sense of self-esteem.

Police and parks officials say one person was killed and three were injured in a rockfall at a remote hiking trail in Banff National Park.

They say the search continues to confirm no other hikers are missing following the early afternoon tragedy at Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise.

One person had been found dead and the extent of the injuries to the other three is unknown.

Two of the three injured were taken to a Calgary hospital by STARS air ambulance and the third went to hospital by ground ambulance.