Couple and dog killed by bear at Banff National Park

Two people are dead after a bear attack in Alberta's Banff National Park.

Two people are dead after a bear attack in Alberta's Banff National Park.

Parks Canada received an alert indicating a bear attack from a GPS device in the Red Deer River Valley around 8 p.m. Friday.

Due to poor weather conditions, a response team was forced to travel by foot to the site. When they arrived around 1 a.m., they found a man and a woman who had been killed.

CTV News Calgary has confirmed the pair were a husband and wife. Their dog was also killed.

A family friend said the couple were experienced backcountry campers.

"These are people who were great humans, great adventurers, spent a lot of time in the outdoors and in the backcountry [and] had a lot of expertise," said Kim Titchener. "They were doing what they love with the person that they loved.

"And it's just a very tragic and unfortunately rare thing that happened."