News
The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for October 2001
October 31Banff tries to sell shopping experience  (Calgary Herald )
October 30Woman listening to walkman hit by train  (CBC Calgary )
October 29Parks Canada appeal on sidearms issue begins  (CBC Calgary )
October 27Alberta ski resorts eye Westerners as saving grace following attack  (Canada.com )
October 27Simond Chamonix climbing competition results  (Digital Banff news service )
October 26Alberta launches marketing campaign to boost winter tourism  (Government of Alberta )
October 26Banff Centre appoints new chief financial officer  (The Banff Centre )
October 26Contents of barrels pulled from Bow appear benign  (CBC Calgary )
October 26Film Festival screens fiction films downtown  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
October 26Mountain Film Festival finalists announced  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
October 26Pierre Berton doesn’t like Fairmont name  (Calgary Herald )
October 25Canada a haven for Americans  (CBC Vancouver )
October 25Chomsky: the War on Terror  ( )
October 25Security no worry for celebrity sports event  (Calgary Sun )
October 25Panelists to share stories about war in the mountains  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
October 24Budget cuts affect health region  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Heritage list sent back  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Island girls at Canada House  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Olympic dreams for Forsyth  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Sketch may help identify dead man  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Small businesses banding together  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Snowmakers working around low water levels  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 24Wall climbing competition this Saturday  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 23ATCO Gas opens natural gas refueling station  (Canada News Wire )
October 23Banff tourism slide triggers layoffs  (Calgary Herald )
October 23Rockie resorts scream for snow  (Canada.com )
October 22Whistler house prices to triple  (CBC Vancouver )
October 22Meanwhile, in randy-elk land..  (The Age (Australia) )
October 22Alberta prepared to refuse G-8  (Calgary Herald )
October 21Wanted: pictures of falling meteor  (CBC Calgary )
October 21Banff’s isolation appealing to Xmas travellers  (New York Times )
October 20Fairmont business plunges 45%  (Globe and Mail )
October 19Road through Wood Buffalo surmounts legal hurdle  (Globe and Mail )
October 19Wood Buffalo decision places national parks at risk  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
October 19Mountain Ekiden Race results  (The Banff Centre )
October 18Hot Springs run dry  (Digital Banff news service )
October 18Meteor may have landed near Lake Louise  (Digital Banff news service )
October 18Hart claims Heritage Board holds up improvements  (Digital Banff news service )
October 18Klein wants G8 Summit cancelled  (CBC Calgary )
October 18eMission Banff Program reaches significant milestone  (Yahoo )
October 17Banff school's focus turns to outdoors  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Valley teams dominate Ekiden Run  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Wardens backed at rally  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Ski resorts predict good season  (CBC Calgary )
October 17Voters pick business voices for Town Council  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Experts search for asteroid  (Canoe )
October 17Meteorite flashes through Banff  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Pat Stutz remains on school board  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Canmore climber falls from glacier  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 17Tibetan artists show at Whyte Museum  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 16Meteor’s impact traced to Jasper  (Calgary Herald )
October 16Banff picks hero cop  (Calgary Sun )
October 15Town council: Paterson, Stutz, Haney, Treutler, Carmody, Olver  (Digital Banff news service )
October 15School Board: Stutz, Eshenko, Bater  (Digital Banff news service )
October 15Climber critical after fall  (Calgary Sun )
October 15Freaky streak in sky fairly large meteorite  (Calgary Herald )
October 15Miró: The Art of the Quartet  (Washington Post )
October 14Rally calls for armed park wardens  (Calgary Sun )
October 13Finalists announced for 26th Banff Mountain Film Festival  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
October 13Royal Canadian Pacific a luxurious journey through time and space  (Canada.com )
October 12Tibetan artists celebrate mountain heritage  (The Banff Centre )
October 12WordFest not for Downi  (Canada.com )
October 11Artists find inspiration in cultural exchange  (The Daily Yomiuri )
October 11Finalists announced for 2001 Banff Mountain Book Festival  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
October 11Music world mourns the loss of composer Zoltán Székely  (The Banff Centre )
October 10Rally on Saturday aims to support wardens  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Housing and tourism top candidates’ forum  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Town braces for economic trouble  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Banff Springs staff feel effects of war  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Banff artist-in-residence Szekely dies, 97  (Calgary Herald )
October 10Grizzly cub caught, released  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Billy’s Vision comes to Banff  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Kohut training for Paralympics  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 10Ski Runners drop out of swap  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 9Music world mourns the loss of renowned Hungarian composer  (Digital Banff news service )
October 7High-speed chase ends with arrest near Banff  (Calgary Herald )
October 6Service workers stuck for housing in Whistler  (Canada.com )
October 5Banff Centre to offer course after waste management conviction   (Calgary Herald )
October 4Deadline for comments on Rafter 6 is October 10  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
October 3Lake Louise bear killed on train tracks  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3Orphaned grizzly cubs located  (Calgary Sun )
October 3Cup runneth over for Banff breast cancer fund-raiser  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3Soprano turns artistry to painting  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3Banff Springs bracing for reality  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3Mitchell's Gourmet Foods orders second recall  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3School District to leave travel decisions up to parents  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3Ekiden run pits teams against the clock  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 3Freeskier has foundation  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
October 2Wardens concerned about bear cubs  (CBC Calgary )
October 2Cubs on lam after train kills grizzly near Lake Louise  (Canada.com )
October 2Bow Valley Climbing Series results  (Digital Banff news service )
October 2Banff looks overseas to recapture visitors  (Canada.com )
October 2Bob Sandford wins 2001 Summit of Excellence Award  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
October 2Exhibition explores tale of mysterious drifter  (The Banff Centre )

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