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CP NewsAlert: Banff park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator

LAKE LOUISE — The University of Alberta confirms one of the two people killed in the rockfall in Banff National Park was retired educator Jutta Hinrichs, who was a leader in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.
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A rock slide, centre, is shown near Bow Glacier Falls north of Lake Louise, Alta. in Banff National Park on Thursday, June 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal

LAKE LOUISE — The University of Alberta confirms one of the two people killed in the rockfall in Banff National Park was retired educator Jutta Hinrichs, who was a leader in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine.

Parks Canada officials say she was 70 years-old and lived in Calgary.

More coming.

The Canadian Press