News
The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for January 2002
January 31Banff budget promises no tax hikes, little extra spending  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 31Banff Mayor ponies up $10K from his own pocket  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 31Gadd and Czizmazia lead Arctic adventure  (Calgary Herald )
January 31Luring the locals (tourism booster)  (Canada.com )
January 30Mayor chips in for community centre  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30Predators return - hungry  (Boston Globe )
January 30Avalanche victims warned of risk  (Calgary Herald )
January 30More predators stalk humans, experts say  (National Post )
January 30Hospital predicting deficit  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30Town’s budget includes fewer projects  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30Boss raising funds for paralyzed snowboarder  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30Caribou Cup highlight of season for future ski racers  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30G-8 protesters to set up camp  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30Mounties to use video surveillance at G8 summit  (National Post )
January 30Peter White’s GritLock book launched  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 30Storm sweeps Banff slopes  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 29CPAWS wants wardens back in enforcement  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
January 29Biathlon skier from Canmore makes Games team  (Calgary Herald )
January 2939-year RCMP veteran worked in Banff  (Canada.com )
January 29UN study of Banff full of ‘falsehoods’  (Canoe )
January 28UN says skiers damaging Rockies  (Calgary Herald )
January 28World's mountain ranges endangered, UN warns  (Toronto Star )
January 28Ski report slammed  (Calgary Sun )
January 28Fed-up wardens quit troubled national parks  (Globe and Mail )
January 28Fairmont's business looks to be on the comeback trail  (Globe and Mail )
January 28G-8 activists pitch tent-city concept  (Calgary Herald )
January 28Protesters seeking tent city for G-8 summit  (Calgary Sun )
January 27Highway 93 reopened, Castle Junction to Radium  (Alberta Motor Association )
January 27Avalanche hazards strand skiers at Sunshine  (Calgary Herald )
January 27Extreme snowfall, windchill cancel loppet  (Calgary Herald )
January 27Parks Canada cools to Radium Hot Springs Lodge  (National Post )
January 27Skiers, mountain top telecommuters damaging Rockies' ecology  (Canada.com )
January 27Dangers to mountain health increase  (Knoxville Salmon )
January 26“Banff for the look you get on your face for a passport photo”  (Canada.com )
January 25Road conditions make driving hazardous  (CBC Calgary )
January 25Tourism Bureau sets sights on U.S., overseas comeback  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 25Hockey biz gets green light  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 24BEAR Society to apply for Waterkeeper chapter  (Canoe )
January 24Centre announces choreography award winner  (The Banff Centre )
January 23Sustainability report going public  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Snow safety no easy job  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Road repairs put on hold by Parks  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Mountie housing on hold  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Norquay celebrates 75th anniversary  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Csizmazia first at Colorado's Ouray Ice Craft Exhibition  (Calgary Herald )
January 23B.C. grizzly bears under siege, study for hunting group says  (Globe and Mail )
January 23Emergency groups gear up for G-8  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Clayton Bellamy band back in town  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 23Wardens grieve loss of friend  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 21Parks plan hits funding roadblock  (Calgary Herald )
January 20Park wardens file final appeal to carry sidearms  (CBC Calgary )
January 19To Salt Lake: Grandi, Smyth, Richard, Renner, Fortier  (Canada News Wire )
January 19Drouin tenth at ESPN Winter X Games  (Denver Post )
January 18Mountains top kids' vacation wish list  (Calgary Herald )
January 18Stacy Kohut: Ski racer on a mission  (Calgary Herald )
January 17Banff businesses fear town unprepared for April G8  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 17Banff students won't be sent to Canmore  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 17Fundraising tapped out: daycare looks for more town help  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 17Second Burgess Shale fossil found on 'Net  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 16All Banff buildings going on list  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Ski hill ambassador Betty Skjonsberg passes  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Banff G-8 emergency plans just starting  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Death darkens avalanche night  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Trudeau blasts avalanche warning cutbacks  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Mandala artist shows work on Web  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Banff Ski Runner heads to Europe for world races  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 16Canmore racer grabs gold at Pontiac Cup  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 15Warden's funeral to draw hundreds  (Calgary Sun )
January 15Loppet organizers and CP Rail come to agreement  (CBC Calgary )
January 15Alberta man dies in B.C. avalanche despite having right equipment  (CBC Calgary )
January 15Snowmobiler dies in avalanche near Invermere  (Globe and Mail )
January 15G-8 leaders in for wild ride  (Calgary Herald )
January 14Avalanche death puts focus on safety  (Calgary Herald )
January 14Avalanche south of Jasper kills one warden and injures two others  (Canoe )
January 14Experienced park warden dies in avalanche  (CBC Calgary )
January 14Former Crazy Canuck aims to ski again on anniversary of injury  (Canoe )
January 14Fukushima wins women's slalom at Pontiac GMC Cup  (Canada.com )
January 14Top women directors chosen for Centre Workshop  (The Banff Centre )
January 14Warden dies after massive slide south of Jasper  (Canoe )
January 13Avalanche kills Jasper warden  (Calgary Herald )
January 13Wardens dug from avalanche at Parkers Ridge  (Calgary Sun )
January 13Winter woos tourists back to Banff  (Canada.com )
January 13Activists fear war in the wilderness  (Calgary Herald )
January 13Lure of winter sports proving stronger than fear of terrorism  (The Observer (London) )
January 12Danger of weekend avalanche in the Rockies  (CBC Calgary )
January 12Trudeau urges provinces to save avalanche service  (Calgary Herald )
January 12Avalanche forecaster in financial straits  (National Post )
January 12Trudeau son decries avalanche-warning cut  (Globe and Mail )
January 12Dogging it in Kananaskis: only in the movies  (Canoe )
January 12Scenery meets adventure on the Snow Train to Jasper  (Globe and Mail )
January 12Canada trims June G8 summit by one day  (Globe and Mail )
January 12Bertram, Bennett win Pontiac GMC Cup giant slalom  (Canada.com )
January 11Fairmont giving its premier properties a high-tech makeover  (ITBusiness.ca )
January 11Tibetan artists celebrate mountain heritage  (The Banff Centre )
January 11Too little snow means no mush for dogsledders  (National Post )
January 10Sled dog races cancelled  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 10Law-breaking rampant in parks: critics  (National Post )
January 10U.S. film crew expelled from Kananaskis park  (National Post )
January 10Locals like Kennedy's offer  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 10Banff Esso faces demolition  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 10Ranger relief on way to Africa  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 9Major dogsled race cancelled, again  (CBC Calgary )
January 9Americans plan to preserve Bow  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Norquay Esso coming down  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Two vying for trustee’s seat  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Gymnast Hawaii bound  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Teacher strike action heats up  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Frances Frost remembered  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Premier floats invite to Kennedy  (Calgary Herald )
January 9Centre attracts international musicians for concert series  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 9Staying alive (avalanche awareness)  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 8Anti-hog comments raise stink  (Calgary Sun )
January 8Banff gives residents choice on heritage registry  (CBC Calgary )
January 8Grandi and Renner: Meet you in Salt Lake for a date  (Globe and Mail )
January 8Trans-Canada reopened west of Revelstoke  (CBC Vancouver )
January 8Yota’s a force on the hill  (Canoe )
January 7Celebrities can speak their mind  (Canada.com )
January 7Celebs hit slopes for a good cause  (Canada.com )
January 7Crowd of over 750 hobnob with celebs at fundraiser  (Calgary Sun )
January 7Heckler tossed from Kennedy fundraiser  (National Post )
January 7Kennedy issues Klein challenge  (Canoe )
January 7Scenic stretch takes deadly toll (Trans-Canada near Lake Louise)  (Calgary Herald )
January 7U.S. stars shimmer then fade  (Calgary Sun )
January 7Water feud spills over into war of words  (Calgary Herald )
January 7Woody Harrelson proves he's a Natural Born Giver  (Calgary Sun )
January 6Man tossed from Banff charity gala  (Calgary Sun )
January 6Take a Bow: river can stand a few more friends  (Canada.com )
January 6Celebs spa-ted at Springs  (Calgary Sun )
January 5Alberta doesn't need celebrities, Environment Minister says  (National Post )
January 5Celebs wine and dine Banff-style  (Calgary Sun )
January 5Cutbacks threaten avalanche alerts  (Calgary Herald )
January 5Grandi top Canadian at 17th in Switzerland  (CBC )
January 5Local environmentalist pleased with Bow spotlight  (CBC Calgary )
January 5Locals have stars in their eyes  (Calgary Sun )
January 5Second on the moon, first down the slope  (Globe and Mail )
January 5Stars come out to play in Banff for cause  (Canada.com )
January 5Stars shine at Banff fund-raiser  (Canada.com )
January 5Waterkeepers welcomed by local conservationists  (Calgary Sun )
January 4Avalanche Awareness Night Sunday  (Banff Centre for Mountain Culture )
January 4Hollywood crowd gets a taste of Banff  (Canada.com )
January 4Jim Burles, 1911-2001  (Globe and Mail )
January 4Lack of snow threatens Canmore dogsled races  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 4Movie stars, celebrities ski in Banff to raise money for RFK Jr. charity  (Canada.com )
January 4Ski event turns into water war  (Calgary Sun )
January 4Star-studded environmental fundraiser irks Alberta's environment minister  (Canada.com )
January 4Sunshine sets records over holiday season  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 4Towns brace for possible teachers’ strike  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
January 3Banff besieged by celebs  (Calgary Sun )
January 3Kennedy pours out plan to save Bow  (Calgary Herald )
January 3Dispute over Bow River between Alberta minister and a Kennedy  (CBC Calgary )
January 3Hollywood stars shining in Banff  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3Stars' arrival turns airport into jet-set central  (Canada.com )
January 3Past year busy for park wardens  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3New route may save loppet  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3Instructor, with helmet, killed in ski accident at Nakiska  (CBC Calgary )
January 3Business in Banff covers the bases  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3“By the Hand of the Father” coming to the Centre on 16th  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3Economy top newsmaker  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3Year in Sports (1)  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 3Year in Sports (2)  (Banff Crag & Canyon )
January 2Hotel guests in Kananaskis felled by pepper spray  (CBC Calgary )
January 2Memories of a grande dame with a face-lift  (Globe and Mail )
January 2Sunshine hosts environmental fund-raiser  (Canada News Wire )
January 2Van Damme takes a pass on action  (Canada.com )
January 2Chilly on the ski hill? Just crank up your coat  (National Post )
January 1Stars descend on Rockies  (Calgary Sun )

home