The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for 2000
December 31	Avalanche risk high
December 30	Fall on icy slopes at Nakiska kills snowboarder
December 27	Canada Place popular
December 27	Defibrillators gaining popularity
December 27	First Night plans for Banff
December 27	Judgment reserved in waste treatment plant case
December 27	Sports year in review
December 27	Town, feds improving relations
December 27	Two new national parks superintendents settling in
December 26	Christmas bird count sets records
December 26	Cougar kittens still not found
December 21	Avalanche dog makes historic rescue in Fernie
December 21	Retriever finds lift operator buried after avalanche in Fernie
December 21	CPAWS response to Fraser Institute report
December 21	Hope fades for orphaned cougar cubs
December 21	Avalanche dog makes historic rescue in Fernie
December 21	Retriever finds lift operator buried after avalanche in Fernie
December 20	Campaign to save historic buildings in Banff
December 20	Chandra’s reflections on flying solo
December 20	CP name dropped from Springs, Chateau
December 20	Icemen win first victory of season
December 20	Low snow hurts Canadian Mountain Holidays
December 20	Man paralyzed in fall at Chateau Lake Louise
December 20	Park eyes squaw name
December 20	Parks message about trail closure at Lake Louise unclear
December 20	Snowfall is prayer come true
December 20	Worker hurt in building fall
December 19	Banff poets among contest winners
December 19	Making the roads safe - for elk, bears, and wolves
December 19	Officials kill cougar that attacked dog
December 17	Banff is Canada’s saving grace (opinion)
December 16	Christmas in the castle (Banff Springs Hotel)
December 15	Cougar kills dog in Camore
December 15	Calgary has highest windchill factor in 3 years
December 14	Wildlife corridor may cost jobs
December 13	The size of your head end
December 13	Council holds off on green plan
December 13	Group aims to focus on “smart tourism”
December 13	Locals compete in World Cup nordic event
December 13	Commercial development may hamper public use
December 13	Bird feeders discouraged
December 13	Forensic show airs Banff murder case
December 13	Grandi on his way back
December 13	Two cubes of Big Sugar to plunk down in Banff
December 12	National parks will decay without $155M
December 12	Rationality, not radicalism, basis for national parks concern
December 12	Turmel case topic of show
December 11	Christopher Holland 10th in Nordic combined competition
December 11	Parks Canada to clear elk herds from Banff golf course
December 11	Wildlife not par for course
December 8	"Squaw" to disappear from B.C. maps
December 8	Banff Crag and Canyon celebrates big birthday
December 8	Canadian parks in grip of radical environmentalist agenda (opinion)
December 7	Ken Read reflects on winning Canada’s first World Cup downhill title
December 7	Crazy Canucks enthralled us, and it's been all downhill since
December 7	New voices for the classics (John Murrell of The Banff Centre)
December 6	Businesses, visitors should pay more to use national parks-tourism official
December 6	Tourism industry should help pay for parks, leader says
December 6	Attack warning posters puzzle police
December 6	Austrians dominate World Cup
December 6	Boarder chases powder dreams
December 6	Climber dies in fall from Sulphur
December 6	Park studies human use
December 6	Report says park held hostage
December 6	Student graduates to solo exhibit
December 6	The tourist who’s treated like a local
December 5	MP’s support lower in Bow Valley
December 5	Are radical environmentalists shutting down Canada's national parks?
December 5	Fraser Institute says greens shutting down parks
December 5	Federal Court hears arguments regarding fate of Lake Louise development
December 5	Lake Louise battle heats up
December 5	Hudec finishes eighth in Super G
December 5	Climber falls to his death
December 4	British climber killed in plunge
December 4	Ice climber falls to his death
December 4	Ice climber dead after fall
December 4	Chateau expansion challenged
December 4	Barry Blanchard rock-solid in film work
December 3	Banff park needs more money
December 3	World Cup win gives Austrian a lift
December 2	Banff’s tourists greying
December 2	Ski hills down over lack of snow
December 2	Whistler resorts top poll - Banff doesn’t don’t make top 10
December 1	Jasper autonomy should be simple
November 30	CP Hotels to adopt Fairmont brand in Canada
November 30	Development lottery underway in Banff
November 30	Historic name not to be changed at the Banff Springs Hotel
November 30	Parks Canada to ship 50 elk to new home in Tennessee
November 29	2000 Federal Election Results
November 29	Austrians dominate World Cup
November 29	Banff strives to cut gas emissions
November 29	Cary Mullen calls it quits
November 29	Housing corporation rule may be changed
November 29	Jasper votes for municipal autonomy
November 29	Rawlins Cross on farewell tour
November 29	Rogers steps off transportation committee
November 29	Ski hill staff on hold
November 29	Thompson victorious in Wild Rose
November 28	Calls for upgrade to deadly stretch of Rogers Pass
November 28	Bus crash in Rogers Pass kills six
November 28	Austria’s Eberharter gets first downhill win at Lake Louise
November 27	Yellowstone-to-Yukon vision moves ahead with BC initiative
November 26	Alberta resorts offer many improvements
November 26	Undoing the damage at a Jasper Park lake
November 25	Austria boasts most World Cup aces
November 25	See the world's best skiers at Lake Louise
November 24	Cary Mullen retires from skiing
November 24	Standing up for our National Parks
November 23	Exhibition celebrates 25 years of mountain films
November 23	Lake Louise welcomes World Cup
November 23	Former Banff man sought for child-support debt
November 22	Area man thankful for hero
November 22	Carving up the ice
November 22	Cook stirs up a winner with Free Fall
November 22	Developers race for hotel space
November 22	Men’s downhill team ready for Lake Louise
November 22	Town aims for top sewage goals
November 22	Wardens find old barrels in Bow
November 22	World Cup races a go
November 21	Grandi sixth in Super Series giant slalom
November 21	Myron Thompson takes a pie in the face
November 21	Pie throwing incident irks MP
November 20	Noise and speeding problems in Canmore, too
November 18	Grizzly bears remain at risk in high-traffic areas
November 18	Night closing of Trans Canada urged to protect grizzly
November 18	Mother nature keeps ski hills from opening
November 18	Jasper avalanche survivors thank their rescuer
November 18	Fernie no longer a “poor-man’s Banff”
November 18	Report from Banff Springs Hotel wine and food festival
November 17	Avalanche warnings
November 17	Banff scholarship recipients announced
November 17	Grandi due to ski on Friday
November 17	Man saves avalanche victims
November 16	Hero saves climbers in Jasper avalanche
November 15	Alberta increases tourism marketing funding
November 15	Banff Centre invited to present at international new media festival
November 15	Banff Centre Theatre Arts and Alberta Theatre Projects renew partnership
November 15	Banff voted top holiday spot
November 15	Frommers raves over cheap skiing in Banff
November 15	Green plan tops first “State of Town” report
November 15	Mahoney forgets sign permit
November 15	Paperboys send the world a song
November 15	Politics behind Chamber of Commerce plans
November 15	Skiers, riders hit Lake Louise
November 15	Thompson declares live Parks Act dead
November 15	“Venerable” Film Fest wows them in Spokane
November 15	Winterstart Five Miler best ever
November 14	Mike and Diane McIvor presented with J.B. Harkin Conservation Award
November 14	Conservation community cheers B.C.’s preservation action
November 14	Elk relocation shows results
November 14	B.C. protects 12 percent of its land base
November 14	Jasper voting on self-government again
November 13	Animal relocation program reduces elk attacks in Banff
November 13	Groups want firms to boycott lumber from Castle Wilderness area
November 10	Banff’s “rock bottom” ski rates touted in USA Today
November 10	Fire destroys historic cabin in Jasper
November 10	Aurora alert for Friday and Saturday
November 8	Banff Centre for Management considering treatment of elderly
November 8	Resident quartet from France performs Thursday
November 8	Ski Louise opened Thursday
November 8	Honouring a Banff hero, James Erickson
November 8	Pinewoods hotel development pending
November 8	Accident mars bus record
November 8	Driver panic leads to injury
November 8	Sewage treatment plant operator pleads guilty
November 8	High School volleyball team victorious
November 8	West African musicians coming November 22
November 7	Morrow, Gadd of Canmore join gathering of top mountaineers
November 6	Joanne Morrow brings impressive résumé to Banff Centre for the Arts
November 6	Mysterious Mamberamo wins grand prize at Film Fest
November 6	Big White finds workers
November 6	Mountain climber falls to earth
November 3	The Banff Centre’s fashion show struts spring line by Escada Sport
November 3	What are the parties’ environmental promises?
November 3	Bradford Washburn Mountain Photography tops Book Festival
November 3	Mountain Culture archives opens
November 3	Snapshot sneaks a problem for RCMP (opinion)
November 3	Albertans injured in bus crash
November 3	Busload of Alberta tourists overturns in North Dakota snowstorm
November 3	Snowstorm flips bus full of Canadians
November 2	Faerie Queen opens Ballet BC’s 15th season
November 2	Spain’s gourmet tour a hit in Banff
November 1	Banff Centre charged with illegal dumping
November 1	Banff woman killed after highway plunge
November 1	CP selling Empress, Chateau Frontenac
November 1	Ethics on Everest needed, Hillary says
November 1	Festival sets sights on the summit
November 1	Fiction film a first for festival
November 1	Grandi back on track
November 1	High School girls take tournament
November 1	Hillary not keen on name change
November 1	New opera tells tragic tale
November 1	Sir Edmund opposes renaming of Mount Logan
October 31	Sir Edmund says keep Mt. Logan’s name
October 31	Voices from the Summit features world-famous mountaineers and adventurers
October 30	Mounties stand on guard, but not for free
October 29	Grandi 18th in opening World Cup
October 27	Banff Mounties want pay for red serge duty
October 27	Murder suspect has Banff connection
October 27	World Cup contender Grandi surrounded by Austrian skiers
October 26	Conservation groups respond to Cheviot postponement
October 26	Make Cheviot a park, environmentalists say
October 25	Former Banff Centre faculty member Michael Mawson dies
October 25	No elk attacks for a year
October 25	Parks Act gets closer
October 25	Elk removal plans reduced for winter
October 25	Trees felled at Lake Louise
October 25	Wild Rose election race is on
October 25	Carlos del Junco coming Saturday
October 25	Cheviot mine development project shelved
October 24	Cheviot mine postponed indefinitely
October 24	Closing arguments heard in fetus case
October 24	Luscar to close Hinton mine
October 24	Mountain Film Festival finalists announced
October 23	Banff Mountain Ekiden results posted
October 23	Shortage of ski bums reported in B.C.
October 21	Bear attack survivor writes memoir
October 21	Bear hunt at stake in coming battle
October 20	Federal announcements tremendous for national parks ecology
October 20	Mountain park ski areas leery of new act
October 20	Copps says Ski Louise can chop trees
October 20	Mom shattered by baby’s death (trauma trial)
October 20	Dad accepting death of child at birth (trauma trial)
October 19	National Park Act passed by Senate
October 18	Mounties in red serge may be up for hire
October 18	Psychologist reports on mom’s grief in trauma trial
October 18	Mother distressed over loss of baby (trauma trial)
October 18	Neutrality requested for airport study
October 18	Sunshine transports lift towers
October 18	Vermilion Lakes culvert added
October 18	Freedom of Information and Privacy Act raises questions for Town
October 18	Kaeshammer adds original to boogie woogie sound
October 18	Best Ekiden ever
October 17	Former Banff Centre governor Jenny Belzberg receives Award of Excellence
October 17	Government backs down on renaming Mount Logan
October 17	Life of child could have been saved by C-section
October 17	Mother’s face shows value (malpractice suit)
October 17	New book on designer of Banff Springs golf course
October 16	Emission of gases zooming in Alberta
October 16	Banff Centre named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers
October 16	Eckhardt-Gramatté winner performs on Thursday
October 16	Event raises $100,000 for Paul D. Fleck Fellowships in the Arts
October 14	Banff rowdies are tourists, not locals
October 14	Partnership creates Alberta Elk Centre
October 13	Grizzly threat closes K-Country trails
October 13	Tagish Lake meteorite
October 13	Tech millionaires affecting Banff real estate
October 12	B.C. meteorite hints at origin of life on Earth
October 12	Woman suing Banff doctor tells court of grief over stillborn granddaughter
October 11	Banff’s environmental management plan stalled
October 11	Emotional court case challenges fetus value
October 11	MP Myron Thompson opposed to fencing Lake Louise
October 11	Resort competition overseas
October 11	World Cup almost home
October 11	Banff Centre and Calgary Opera co-commission new opera
October 11	Does fetus have value? (local doctor)
October 11	Flying Icemen downed
October 11	Snow set to fly at Lake Louise
October 11	Garnet Rogers and Stephen Fearing together
October 10	Award-winning Globe and Mail reporter worked in Banff
October 10	Craig Richards brings out mountaineers’ softer sides
October 10	Let’s keep Alberta rat-free for another 50 years
October 10	Court challenge to definition of fetus involves local doctor
October 10	CPAWS thanks minister for Spray Valley park
October 10	National Parks Act threatened by delay in senate
October 9	Fall election threatens parks bill, says Harvey Locke
October 8	Making interviews work (Banff Centre for Management)
October 8	Write on, Canada (PanCanadian WordFest)
October 7	Mount Logan name change irks geologists
October 5	Fred Stenson stortlisted for Giller prize
October 4	Ballet British Columbia’s “The Faerie Queen” debuts at The Banff Centre
October 4	Rockies lured Trudeau
October 4	World Cup races threatened over safety
October 4	Big House built in Banff
October 4	Drug culture teeming, Mountie says
October 4	Memorial basketball court open
October 4	New director brings vision to Banff Alpine Racers
October 4	School exam results in
October 4	David Wilcox keeps rocking
October 3	A taste of the Canadian Rockies
October 3	Alpha wolf killed by hunter
October 3	Banff meets Berlin: Artists demonstrate “the lost cool of modern women”
October 3	Finalists announced for 2000 Banff Mountain Book Festival
October 3	Seminars spark Film Festival line-up; Herzog withdraws
October 3	The Cannes of mountain films: Banff Mountain Film Festival
October 2	CPAWS Wild Gala on Saturday
October 2	Leonardo da Vinci, please call the office (Banff Centre for Management)
September 30	Trees may fell Lake Louise World Cup races
September 28	Indélicatesse au centre d'arts
September 28	Banff’s LuAn Mitchell heads list of female entrepreneurs
September 28	No jail time for love tryst embezzler (Philson Robart)
September 28	Greyhound relocates agency
September 28	Back country rider shoots bear in Kananaskis
September 28	Pine beetles in Banff National Park threaten Alberta forests
September 27	Banff artist Ruth Secunda recycles art
September 27	Energy audit planned
September 27	Experiment tries shock therapy to keep wolves from killing livestock
September 27	Globalization urged
September 27	Minister defends tourist promotion record
September 27	Moraine trail may be open to cyclists
September 27	Outspoken local judge vindicated
September 27	Park plans to fence Lake Louise
September 27	Parking plans for Whyte expansion
September 27	Premier tees off in golf tournament
September 26	Alberta not doing enough to promote Edmonton
September 26	Future of grizzlies at risk
September 26	Mount Robson Park closed for native hunt
September 26	Natives kill two elk in Mount Robson hunt
September 26	Some tourists dumber than elk
September 26	West Edmonton Mall complains about promotion of the mountains
September 23	Kimberley bear shootings spark anger
September 23	Chic Scott wins 2000 Bill March Summit of Excellence Award
September 22	Spray Lakes developer seeking compensation
September 22	Six bears killed in Kimberley
September 22	Banff Global Business Forum report
September 21	New park pleases public (Spray Valley Provincial Park)
September 20	Bear facts not easy to take
September 20	Over 34,000 hectares protected in the Spray Valley
September 20	Plans unveiled for new provincial park
September 20	Grizzly to be placed in zoo
September 19	Killer road near Golden claims another victim
September 19	Dangerous grizzly in quarantine
September 19	Captured rogue grizzly bound for zoo
September 19	Grizzly nabbed
September 19	Aggressive grizzly sent to zoo
September 19	Canmore wildlife corridors ineffective
September 18	Wildlife officers capture grizzly
September 18	Bear responsible for Kananaskis maulings captured
September 18	Artworks wanted for provincial collection
September 15	Award recipients for aboriginal screenwriting workshop announced
September 15	Canmore’s “Tourist” bylaw upheld
September 14	British tourists rate Banff Springs as second-best overseas hotel destination
September 14	Canada’s kids at risk from sex and violence
September 13	Coal mine recommendation called a tragic setback for Jasper Park
September 13	Panel urges approval of coal mine near Jasper
September 13	Municipal census results
September 13	Urban elk gone to the dogs
September 13	Re-activation of Chamber of Commerce supported
September 13	Cross-country skiers bare all
September 13	Paul Stutz claims bronze
September 13	Photography exhibits showcase the mountain world
September 13	Superintendent’s house gets massive facelift
September 13	Judge Reilly vindicated
September 12	Canmore wildlife corridors fail provincial standards, threaten Park
September 12	Single grizzly blamed for two attacks
September 11	With Banff's field unit superintendent Bill Fisher
September 10	Veteran climbers who died weren't wearing safety ropes
September 9	Climber falls to his death in Jasper
September 9	Kananaskis areas closed amid threat from bears
September 7	Proposed expansion of Marmot Basin ski area gets first approval
September 7	Write On: Canadians front and centre (WordFest)
September 6	Alberta judge upholds judicial independence (Judge Reilly)
September 6	Controversial judge wins ruling against former boss
September 6	Banff’s planning laws legal
September 6	Chamber of commerce seeks stronger voice
September 6	New hotel approved for Spruce Grove site
September 6	Rimrock Hotel evacuated
September 6	Frackleton basketball court construction begins
September 6	Horse and rider back from Nationals
September 6	Book review: Mind over Mountain, works of Jon Whyte
September 5	Global Communcations funds half million dollar prize for Banff TV Fest
September 5	Group slams coal burning plans
September 5	Locals concerned about Spray Lakes Park designation
September 5	Canmore guide dies in freak accident
September 2	Rockies reduced to molehill (Banff TV Festival)
August 31	Victim recounts bear mauling
August 30	Banff Alpine Racers hires new staff
August 30	Bumper berry crop attracts grizzlies
August 30	Heritage homes may houses offices
August 30	PanCanadian WordFest coming in October
August 30	Sex tryst costs plenty
August 30	Shell converts station
August 30	Sunshine’s summer sweep
August 30	Ted Turner attending summit
August 25	New airline schedules pummel tourism, Havelock say
August 23	Banff Centre for the Arts names Joanne Morrow as new director
August 23	Bear warning issued for outdoor enthusiasts
August 23	Banff artist Max Elliott takes to the mountains
August 23	Gosnell siblings sizzle at mountain biking
August 23	Banff swimmers bring home medals
August 23	Canada Council member named as Banff Centre VP
August 23	Returned cougar died of starvation
August 23	No raves allowed on Town property
August 23	Parks Canada puts two land parcels up for sale
August 23	Wardens survive fall
August 22	Canmore grizzly attack recounted
August 22	Joanne Morrow new head of The Banff Centre for the Arts
August 22	Attack bear was grizzly
August 22	Jasper folks testy as Ottawa looks for a big jump in land rents
August 20	Terms stiff for lease on Buffalo Street
August 19	Survey indicates National Parks are about protecting wilderness
August 19	Park poll ranks wildlife first
August 19	Albertans want national parks protected, poll shows
August 19	Two wardens fall, rescued by chopper
August 18	Bear encounters frequent
August 18	Hiker alert as bears come down for berries
August 17	Grizzly bear suspected in mauling
August 16	Claude Vivier’s opera Kopernikus opens at Banff Festival
August 16	Canmore man hurt by bear
August 16	Bear attack lands biker in Banff hospital
August 16	Canmore mauling victim hailed as hero
August 16	Bears enjoy bumper berry crop
August 16	Joint study finds high drug use
August 16	Myron Thompson challenged for nomination
August 16	Town toilets to go solar
August 16	Lawren Harris’s love of mountains moving
August 16	Record year for Sir Norman Watson race
August 16	Kohut races to gold
August 15	Canmore cyclist mauled by bear
August 14	Alberta gets D- on conservation report card
August 14	Tony Perkins to keynote Banff Venture Forum
August 12	Elderly couple plunges off cliff near Banff
August 12	Disease may wipe out elk industry
August 10	Confederation Centre names Jon Tupper new director
August 10	PICT exhibition opens at Walter Phillips Gallery
August 10	High-tech companies to present at Banff Venture Forum
August 10	Air cuts blamed for tourist decline
August 10	Claude Vivier’s opera Kopernikus to play at Banff Arts Festival
August 9	Designer of sit skis goes into production
August 9	Local riders fare well in Cactus Cup
August 9	Campgrounds fill up over weekend
August 9	Big House making big move
August 9	Less elk means less poop to scoop
August 9	Zoo looking for cat homes
August 9	Town asking for less water use
August 8	Dutch man seeking relatives of Banff airman killed in WWII
August 8	Mountain Photography winners announced
August 7	Canadians willing to adapt to halt climate changes
August 4	Cougar orphans recaptured
August 3	CPAWS photography contest deadline looms
August 3	Long search nearly over for Banff Centre director
August 2	Banff businesses feel pinch
August 2	Banff summer staff wanted
August 2	Calgary climber sets new mark
August 2	Climber impaled on tree branch
August 2	CP Hotels drops name from Springs
August 2	Young cougar taken back to zoo
August 1	Shorter store hours in Canmore puzzle tourists
July 31	Judge finds theft from Quest a mammoth blunder
July 31	Banff town employee extols Windows 2000
July 30	Impaled climber rescued near Lake Louise
July 29	Crews bolstered to fight forest fire in Jasper Park
July 29	Critics blast plan to kill off Banff fish
July 28	Lawyer apologizes to 10-year-old girl after ski-rage incident
July 27	Fish swap planned as part of scenic lake’s rehab
July 27	Mountain Meteorology: book announcement
July 26	Employers urged to help with addictions
July 26	Herding dogs making history
July 26	Mounties monitoring house parties, drunks
July 26	New superintendents named
July 26	Solar car makes waves
July 23	Wolves worrying ranchers in Idaho include Banff wanderers
July 23	Gays to take on Stockwell Day (includes comments about Banff Centre)
July 23	Fish dying in sluggish Bow east of Banff
July 23	Law & Order comes to the Rockies (TV Festival)
July 21	Solar Car at Central Park on Tuesday
July 19	Plan to return native trout to Canada lake is tough sell
July 19	Postcard park to wipe out fish
July 19	Restoring lake means killing fish
July 19	Canadian plan to poison fish upsets anglers
July 19	Working dogs chasing elk
July 19	Turmel family furious over jail transfer
July 19	Hikers get a fright from grizzly bear
July 19	Banff doctor dispatched to tornado disaster
July 19	Banff raves supported
July 18	Jasper forest fire still burning but contained
July 18	Mountains safe from tornadoes, experts say
July 17	Record-breaking solar car on way to Banff
July 15	Award added to recent gift of life (Graeme McDonald)
July 15	Phantom Parks: The Struggle to Save Canada’s National Parks (Book Review)
July 14	Assessment delays Frackleton memorial in Banff Park
July 14	Broadcaster trained at Banff Centre
July 14	Currency exchanges cashing in with superior customer service (Treutlers)
July 14	New First Nations chief’s hard tactics find favour
July 14	Ski hill operators hesitant to drop suit
July 13	Graeme McDonald appointed to the Order of Canada
July 12	Copps on board with Banff plan
July 12	Minister willing to talk with ski hills
July 12	Wardens recover climber’s body
July 12	Friend remembered fondly
July 12	Young hotel worker caught with mushrooms
July 11	Cougar warning issued in Banff National Park
July 10	Copps budges in ski hill impasse
July 8	Keeping bears safe from tourists
July 5	Radio collars to protect elk from ending up as roadkill
July 5	Copps unveiling Canada Place
July 5	Less bus idling will help reduce emission levels
July 5	Attacking dog’s owner charged
July 5	Search for missing climber continues amid rumours
July 5	Town considers raves
July 4	Chris Holland finishes third in ski jump
June 28	Solar car due to sail through Banff
June 28	Note to US grizzlies: Avoid Canada
June 28	Couple charged, chased by grizzly
June 28	Catholics, hospital reach agreement
June 28	Hope fading for climber’s rescue
June 28	Pizza stand hours stay
June 28	Town cracks down on noise
June 27	Cougar cubs released into the wilds
June 27	Hope fades for climber missing on Cascade
June 27	Man missing on Cascade Mountain
June 24	Heartbreak Hotel (Banff Television Festival)
June 23	Banff Centre alumnus bangs in Ireland
June 21	Bar nights rank fourth for town staff
June 21	Bird feeder charges dropped by Parks
June 21	Cops stage ticket blitz
June 21	Grizzly and grinning at Ski Louise
June 21	Housing talks need to be public
June 21	Speed limits reduced to protect wolf pups
June 21	Town of Banff moving to alternative energy
June 16	Indie files alive and well in Banff
June 15	Full swing ahead at Banff Springs Hotel
June 15	Kids TV producers urged to remember priority is programs
June 15	The awful truth about Michael Moore
June 15	Winners and losers make pitches at Banff TV fest
June 14	Banff Television Festival salutes Coronation Street
June 14	Condoms, Coronation Street and Mounties draw attention at Banff TV fest
June 14	Copps declines Town’s invitation
June 14	Dumb and dumber take tusk
June 14	Jobs gone to the dogs (chasing elk)
June 14	Parks pulls Gretzky, Canadian cut-outs
June 14	Public television faces challenges
June 14	Study shows Canadian documentaries in decline
June 14	Tusk, tusk . . . ivory thieves caught
June 13	21st Banff Rockie Awards honour the best in TV
June 13	Brits and Americans top winners at Canadian Rockies Awards
June 13	Michael Moore butters up Canadians at Banff fest
June 13	Public broadcasting faces digital-age challenge, Banff festival told
June 13	Sopranos among Rockie winners
June 13	Tracey Ullmann at the TV Festival
June 13	TV festival digs “Grave”
June 12	INSINC webcasts Banff TV Festival for third year
June 12	Jacques Bensimon to join the Banff Television Festival
June 12	New media the focus at Banff TV Festival 2000
June 10	Banff TV fest set to get under way
June 9	Banff elk droppings a hit at Federation of Canadian Municipalities
June 9	Rocky Mountain High (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies)
June 9	A stroll along Lake Minnewanka
June 7	Geologist caught with Burgess Shale fossils
June 7	Heads up for elk calving season
June 7	Province delivers $3.2 million to Banff school
June 7	Speed limits lowered on Hwy 1 to protect bear
June 7	Spray development plans spiked
June 6	Spray Valley still under threat
June 6	Hard Rock Cafe revokes franchises
June 5	Heritage Committee approves ecological integrity clause for Parks Act
June 5	Rhombus Media wins Banff Centre award
June 4	Genesis compensation offer irks business
June 3	Mar hints at compensation for Genesis developers
June 2	CPAWS praises Mar for Spray Lakes announcements
May 31	Nothing funny about a killer (Ryan Jason Love)
May 31	Grizzly’s future bleak
May 31	Mayor’s task force on late night noise hears concerns
May 31	Locals concerned about “tasteful” cemetery tourism
May 31	School Board dumps BCHS principal
May 31	Nurses back to work
May 24	Federal lease makes Banff homeowners ‘second class citizens’
May 24	Town bucks against population cap
May 24	Town launches lobby for funding for waste treatement plant
May 24	Riverside parking discouraged
May 24	Sunshine Village launches postcard campaign for new lodge
May 24	Banff nursing staff on strike
May 23	Banff ski business is booming, thanks to Brits
May 23	Hot summer ahead for tourism
May 22	Calgary Herald report on CPAWS “false and misleading”
May 22	Hollywood’s mountain man (Barry Blanshard)
May 21	Wilderness group wants total ban on retail and housing
May 19	CPAWS condemns Alberta government’s approach to Genesis project
May 18	National park wardens need guns, Commons committee told
May 17	Banff hospital needs another operating room
May 17	Banff Springs Hotel closes to curious
May 17	Canadian crime show recreating Banff murder
May 17	Clarkson, Klein at Banff Centre
May 17	Protected land eyed for housing
May 16	Stoney Council rejects apology call
May 15	Saddling up to explore Canada's Rockies by horseback (Trail Riders)
May 12	Ford Motors: “SUV is a rolling monument to environmental destruction"
May 12	Band’s claim to Castle Mountain economic as much as spiritual(opinion)
May 11	Ski rage hits the slopes as girl reports assault at Nakiska
May 10	Governor General’s conference coming to The Banff Centre
May 10	Siksika Nation threatens to seize Castle Mountain
May 10	Send a National Parks message to the Heritage Committee
May 10	Mayor Shuler heading to Ottawa over National Parks Act
May 10	MLA Tarchuk supports Bill 11
May 10	Louise fire crew future on the line
May 10	Banff Ski Resorts show environmental concern
May 10	Lucie’s Turmel legacy lingers
May 10	Turmel’s boyfriend breaks silence
May 9	Politicians want Ottawa to hold off on National Parks Act
May 8	Columnist has a good time skiing, but “Banff is not my kind of town in mid-summer”
May 3	Calgary Herald strikers seek advice from Banffites
May 3	Call for transparency in Parks supported
May 3	Hotels charged after bears snack
May 3	Protesters target Bill 11
May 3	Splashdown at Lake Louise
May 3	Unleashed dog survives cougar attack
May 1	Ottawa tries to raise the rent in Jasper
April 30	Orphaned cougar kittens coming back to Banff
April 27	Civil disobedience training camp organized in Banff
April 26	Banff Centre development open house timing questioned
April 26	Census looks at late night noise
April 26	Hiker cheats death
April 26	Plan calls to ban cars at Lake Louise
April 26	Water bills may soak businesses
April 25	A wild weekend at Sunshine and Lake Louise
April 22	Man survives avalanche in Yoho
April 20	Banff’s famous hot springs being topped up with tap water
April 20	Chorus members simply love music
April 20	Sunshine’s new lodge proposal at Goat’s Eye
April 19	Cougar sightings around town normal
April 19	Second stage shelter need researched
April 19	Sunshine Village Lodge plans on hold
April 19	Wardens chase bear from Banff backyards
April 19	Wardens shoot bull on highway
April 17	Why climb Everest? Because of mom, study says
April 16	Busses bound for Banff involved in Sasketchawan crash
April 13	Oscar Peterson’s new composition features “Banff the Beautiful” movement
April 13	Van Horne named laureate of the 20th century
April 12	Banff Centre development plans unveiled
April 12	Canada well-represented among finalists for Rockie Awards
April 12	Last call hours examined
April 12	Panel advises growth for commercial operations outside townsite
April 12	Residents find dead body
April 12	Town water fills hot springs
April 8	Scientists meet to look at healing properties of antler velvet
April 6	Bringing science to the national parks
April 6	Banff resorts fighting for bragging rights
April 5	Federal report knocks tourism
April 5	Board urges Parks to examine ski lodge plans
April 5	Census questions pondered
April 5	Housing corp. re-writes policy
April 5	Snowboarders bagging big injuries
April 4	More green power on the way for Chateau Lake Louise
April 3	Phoenix Capital takes up shares in Banff Rocky Mountain Resort
April 3	Stoneys push to regain control of finances
April 1	Banff used as bad example of ecotourism
March 30	Great day in the history of Canada's national parks
March 30	Hudec fifth in giant slalom
March 29	Alberta in urgent need of real protected areas act
March 29	Banff’s bar hours eyed once again
March 29	Bow Avenue residents protest parking congestion
March 29	Heritage experience latest tourist trend
March 29	Feds call for changes in Parks Canada
March 29	Ski hill limits bad for business
March 29	The mind behind the magic (Jon Whyte)
March 28	Banff Springs Hotel voted top setting in Spa poll
March 27	Alberta resorts compete with development restrictions
March 27	Saucy Bread announces acquisition Of Sub-Mission
March 25	Hudec fifth in giant slalom at nationals in Kamloops
March 25	Orphaned cougar kittens making progress
March 24	Alberta shut out of parks talks
March 24	Ottawa promises to protect national parks
March 24	Big polluters are dirtier than ever, study shows
March 24	Alberta shut out of parks talks
March 23	Crisis in national parks worse than expected
March 23	Panel says most of Canada's parks threatened
March 23	Report cites lack of ‘conservation culture’ in Parks Canada
March 23	Report of the Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canada’s National Parks
March 23	Taking national parks from crisis to solutions
March 22	Report on parks’ future released
March 22	Banff bears featured in documentary
March 22	Census may bust population cap
March 22	Tarchuk backs premier on parks’ issue
March 22	Anti-organized crime conference here
March 20	High-tech ski patrollers save life at Sunshine
March 20	Visitor from UK would be happy to pay for parking
March 19	Klein claims changes to National Park Act are “anti-Alberta”
March 17	Fortress Mountain village burns to the ground
March 15	Banff says no to pay parking
March 15	Feds freeze land rents
March 15	Gas prices soar
March 15	Klein wants say in Banff park’s future
March 15	Park permit purchase pushed
March 15	Virtual Golf tour includes Banff Springs course
March 10	Banff's environmental mission
March 10	User-pay parking plebicite outcome ecological disaster
March 10	Banff's Hudec wins gold on home hill
March 9	Bertram continues comeback with win at Pontiac Cup at Norquay
March 9	Snowboarder dies at Sunshine after venturing out of bounds
March 8	Pay parking vote
March 8	Parks may increase businesses’ land rent
March 8	Parks Canada releases ski info brochure
March 8	Working without a net (improv theatre)
March 8	Charleton’s hotel construction on schedule
March 6	CPAWS comments on terms of reference for Genesis development in Spray
March 6	Government forces Alberta resorts to pay back
March 3	British paratrooper hurt during ice-climbing accident
March 2	Alberta to return sacred aboriginal artifacts
March 1	Copps has good news for protection of national parks
March 1	Mount Norquay hosts Pontiac Cup
March 1	Treutler sues Town over pay parking petition
March 1	Report predicts dwindling grizzly population near Banff
March 1	Parks releases brochure to set record straight
March 1	Parks planning to bus tourists to Moraine Lake
March 1	Ski hills ordered to pay employees back
March 1	Fire and ambulance dispatch goes high tech
March 1	Health-care bill designed to appease both sides
February 25	CPAWS calls for immediate action to protect grizzly bears
February 24	Controversial plans for park shelved
February 24	Parks Canada issues brochure to set record straight
February 24	Some residents trying to keep McDonald’s out of Jasper
February 23	Fatality triggers call for ski helmets
February 23	Hudec 13th in world juniors
February 23	Rocky Mountaineer expands luxury rail service
February 23	Wildlife researchers call on Copps to drop the axe
February 23	Middle Springs housing freeze thaws
February 23	Ski trip turns to tragedy
February 23	Family Day holiday a record breaker for ski hills
February 23	Alberta Labour probes ski hills
February 22	Rockies: Ice climbing Mecca
February 21	Spring is in the air
February 19	Tourism is Golden (Rudi Gertsch)
February 18	Edwin coming to Banff in March
February 18	Rocky Mountain Railtours wins marketing award
February 17	Federal court dismisses company’s appeal of Cheviot ruling
February 17	Town manager extols Windows 2000
February 16	Cougar sightings on the rise near town
February 16	Mayors give Genesis thumbs down
February 16	Media specialist hired by Parks
February 16	Parks cite cost concern with highway mortality
February 16	Recession inevitable, mayor says
February 14	CPR revives rail service to Calgary
February 10	Sara Diamond to talk to computers with her body
February 9	Ania Morton second in Pontiac/GMC Cup
February 9	Road kill driving national park animals to critical list
February 9	Grizzlies under pressure
February 9	Feds tackle Moraine Lake fish experiment
February 9	Golden lands $70 million ski resort
February 9	Town looks to protect businesses
February 9	Seniors’ housing forum first in region
February 9	Banff phones get disconnected
February 7	Big Chair opens late
February 7	New investments boost Western ski business
February 5	Sierra Fund criticizes federal endangered species act
February 3	Friends honour relay founder Ian Wilson
February 3	Mounties turn to TV to solve murder
February 3	Mysteries of the arctic frozen in time
February 3	Rebel pilot lands at strip
February 3	Wardens hang up belts after decision not to issue handguns
January 27	User-pay parking plebiscite on March 9
January 27	Property taxes creep up for 2000
January 27	Friends mourn skier’s death
January 27	Cougar kitten succumbs in capitivity
January 27	Boarders burn up Banned Beaver
January 25	Kelsch named to All Star Team
January 24	Companies seek to delay emissions reduction
January 24	Skiers hit Banff with non-stop flights
January 20	Chateau Lake Louise expands use of “green” power
January 19	Cougar kittens faring well
January 19	Elk removal plan put into motion
January 19	Freeriders launching into big air
January 19	Lake Louise retailers concerned for future
January 19	Town counselling program closes
January 17	Banff elk penned, prepped for move
January 17	Glenbow to return sacred Blackfoot artifacts
January 13	Amoeba Works looking for Banff pics from 30s and 40s
January 12	Give Genesis feedback on Spray Valley resort proposal
January 12	Pay park plan goes to public plebiscite
January 12	Landfill ownership changes
January 12	Bridging the ocean, stretching boundaries (Shirataki Friendship Exchange)
January 12	Cougar kittens in captivity
January 12	Search for new deputy fire chief continues
January 11	Jumps, bumps and big air in Lake Louise
January 11	Sides square off in resort battle (Genesis development in Kananaskis)
January 9	National parks policy a power grab (opinion)
January 5	Banff library removes membership fees
January 5	Family First Night fest was a record breaker
January 5	Historic cabin restored to former glory
January 5	Massive New Year’s crowd well-behaved
January 5	Sunshine’s Delirium Dive attracting daredevils
January 2	A park ranger’s Rocky Mountain high (Y2Y)
January 2	Banff has eventful year
January 2	Councillors suggest tax hike for parking plan
January 2	Countdown to 2000 begins
January 2	New doctor for Lake Louise
January 2	Wardens round up elk