The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for May 2001
May 30	Bear killed near Field  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Wolf killed on highway  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	CMH president killed on highway  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Prescribed fire program wraps up  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Dorothy Boyce passes on  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Electric fence built at ski hill  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Makeover for Parks vehicles  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Lester Quitzau brings eclectic guitar  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	Snocoach Tours named best natural outdoor site   (Calgary Sun )
May 30	Annual Citizen’s Day race drawing near  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 30	New climbing wall gets off the ground  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 29	Three Sisters corridor plan can work, officials say  (Canmore Leader )
May 28	Toronto beer barred from Banff  (National Post )
May 28	Banff Mountain Film Festival call for entries  (The Banff Centre )
May 28	Banff Mountain Book Festival call for entries  (The Banff Centre )
May 26	Councillors scale new heights at junket  (Toronto Star )
May 25	Conference considers human impacts on mountains  (The Banff Centre )
May 24	Le propriétaire des monts Sainte-Anne et Stoneham veut rassurer la clientèle  (Canada.com )
May 24	Smoke and haze cover Banff and Canmore areas  (CBC )
May 23	Of corridors and collusion (pulling the plug on Three Sisters)  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
May 23	Parks may offer land or funding for housing  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Year’s first grizzly killed  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Preserving paradise (Lake Louise and bears)  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Greyhound claims Banff-Canmore shuttle would hurt business  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Naked man caught near Fenland  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Banff Centre's late night jazz concerts sizzle  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Golf marathon raises cash  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 23	Rugby game close  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 21	The other Banff  ( )
May 21	Provincial government lambasted over golf courses  (Edmonton Journal )
May 21	Sunshine hopes for go-ahead on gondola update  (Calgary Sun )
May 21	“Citizen scientists” considering roadkill watch  (National Post )
May 21	Calls to commemorate European prisoners of war in Banff  (CBC )
May 20	Wacky weather leaves campers huddled together  (CBC )
May 19	Armed Mounties to patrol parks  (Canoe )
May 19	Mounties to do law enforcement in national parks  (CBC )
May 19	Park wardens dismayed RCMP being hired  (CBC )
May 19	Runner injured in 1999 Banff-Jasper relay recovering  (Edmonton Journal )
May 18	Lower speed limits suggested for Lake Louise in wake of bear killing  (CBC )
May 18	RCMP, not wardens, to enforce law in national parks  (Edmonton Journal )
May 18	Exhibition examines communication in wake of new technology  (The Banff Centre )
May 18	CPAWS wants help in opposing golf courses in wildlife corridor  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
May 18	Federal minister Stéphane Dion to address Federation of Canadian Municipalities  (Canada News Wire )
May 17	Hofstetter appointed president of Banff Centre on McDonald’s resignation  (The Banff Centre )
May 17	Graeme McDonald steps down as president of The Banff Centre  (The Banff Centre )
May 17	RCMP to assist in keeping national parks of Canada safe  (Canada News Wire )
May 17	Grizzly bear killed on road at Lake Louise  (Calgary Sun )
May 16	The year of the great bear  (Digital Banff news service )
May 16	Housing conditions slammed by Parks superintendent  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Banff-Canmore shuttle service challenged by Greyhound  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Parking at Surprise Corner may discourage tour buses   (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Parks lifts moratorium on outlying accommodations  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Storm Mountain Lodge wants to expand  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Banff Centre among recipients of du Maurier awards  (Canada News Wire )
May 16	Jazz orchestra brings big band sound  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Banff Springs golf course opens  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 16	Women’s rugby club dominates season opener  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 15	“Capture the Wild” photography contest announced  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
May 14	Mixing it up with climber Sean Isaac on Wednesday  (The Banff Centre )
May 11	Warden plan to cost $40M: union  (Calgary Herald )
May 10	Springtime in the Rockies runs until May 13  (Banff Lake Louise Tourism Bureau )
May 10	New funding shows federal commitment to Canadian arts  (The Banff Centre )
May 10	Arts Festival starts with jazz in The Club  (The Banff Centre )
May 9	Fairmont dismisses Lake Louise convention centre critics  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Imperial Oil sues Banff over bylaw  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Call for internment museum backed  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Pinewoods pays taxes  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Whyte works on rental policies for heritage buildings  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Stuart McLean brings Vinyl Cafe to Banff  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Hikers reminded to boil water  (CBC )
May 9	Climbing wall opening May 25  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 9	Banff Running Club up and running  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 7	Pianist Heather Schmidt wins Eckhardt-Gramatte; coming to Banff  (CBC )
May 5	Highway accident injures four  (Calgary Sun )
May 5	Hikers asked to watch for bears  (CBC )
May 5	The Great Kananaskis forest giveaway!  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
May 2	Fred Stenson wins first Grant MacEwan award  (Government of Alberta )
May 2	Plan calls for more Mounties  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Veronica Tennant receives Banff arts award  (CBC )
May 2	Museum proposed for internment site  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Bulldozer headed for Pinewoods  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Myron Thompson ready to take a bullet for Stockwell Day  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Mozart’s Mass in Banff and Canmore  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Fairmont Banff Springs opens new shops  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Deadline extended for ski passes  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Adventure race challenging  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
May 2	Vivier vs. 96 Tears: Guess who wins?  (Globe and Mail )
May 1	Banff Centre, Cancom announce Ross Charles Award criteria  (The Banff Centre )
May 1	Paul Fleck Fellowships awarded  (The Banff Centre )