Kananaskis: An explainer on Alberta’s cherished park and G7 host location

CALGARY — For the next week, Derek Ryder will be temporarily divorced from his favourite mountain range and beloved trails in Kananaskis, Alta., so the world’s most powerful people can safely gather for the G7 leaders summit.
The spokesman for Friends of Kananaskis Country, an environmental stewardship group for the region, has been trekking in Kananaskis Country, informally known as K-Country, since 1976.
“I’ve been basically everywhere,” says Ryder, who added he&r