The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for September
2002
September 30
Banff hiker cheats death
(
Canoe
)
September 29
4,500 runners hit streets of Banff
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 29
Calgary teens disappear after camping near Banff
(
Canoe
)
September 29
Fern Hill
(
Digital Banff news service
)
September 29
Tao Te Ching
(
Digital Banff news service
)
September 29
Updates scheduled to resume October 7
(
Digital Banff news service
)
September 29
U.S. sabre rattling portends grief for many
(
Digital Banff news service
)
September 29
Independent journalism lives on the web
(
Counterpunch
)
September 29
Fern Hill
by Dylan Thomas
(
Digital Banff news service
)
September 28
Stephen Lewis defends Kyoto ratification
(
CBC Calgary
)
September 28
In a tiny church, nature’s cathedral
(
New York Times
)
September 28
Pianist Anton Kuerti kicks off fall concert season
(
The Banff Centre
)
September 28
China develops own chip
(
People's Daily
)
September 26
Bow Avenue plan divides Banff residents
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 26
Animal enemies: Myth vs. reality
(
CNN
)
September 26
Cannabis: A good drug with a bad reputation
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 26
Telus says it will look at compensation
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 26
Thar she blows!
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 26
Cougar spotted in Banff neighbourhood
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 26
Bear takes bite out of hiker’s boot
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 26
Accused stabber fails to show in court
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 25
Playwright wins $50,000 prize
(
Globe and Mail
)
September 25
Playwright Murrell wins excellence prize
(
CTV
)
September 25
Banff playwright wins Carsen Prize
(
CBC
)
September 25
John Murrell wins Walter Carsen Prize
(
The Banff Centre
)
September 25
Cotton warns Parks policy inching east
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Slow go for mail service
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Fearless cougar shows signs of habituation
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Transportation plan: big bucks, big problems
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Banff cut off from the world
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Cape Breton star comes to Banff Centre
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
New pro hockey players trained in the Bow Valley
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Golf fundraiser a class act
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 25
Banff’s car-free street idea stirs controversy
(
Canada.com
)
September 24
Banff officials planning to reduce traffic
(
CBC Calgary
)
September 24
Banff loses telephone connection
(
Globe and Mail
)
September 24
Jasper grizzly killed, left to rot
(
Edmonton Journal
)
September 23
From tragedy to top of world (LuAn Mitchell)
(
Canoe
)
September 23
Photo of holy mountain wins photography competition
(
The Banff Centre
)
September 23
Cougar alert
(
Canada.com
)
September 23
Ottawa honours warden
(
Calgary Sun
)
September 20
Bear attack forces area closure
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 19
Bylaw blamed for gas station blues
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 19
The rebirth of a forest
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 19
Wardens poised to resume enforcement
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 19
Norquay Esso falling to wrecker’s ball
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 19
Funnyman Butler’s back in town
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 19
Subb coming to Wild Bill’s
(
ChartAttack
)
September 18
Putting away the animals at night is tricky
(
Sacramento (California) Bee
)
September 18
Canada’s top skiers secure with Read at helm
(
Canada.com
)
September 18
Rumble strips on Trans-Canada
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
Feds offer golden funding opportunity
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
Water protection strategy top priority
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
Dynamic duo keeps it fresh
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
Rugby team denied playoffs in close game
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
Calgary Flames train in Banff
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
9/11 memorial followed by hopeful wishes
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 18
The last days of the Labrador
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 17
Wildlife corridors benefit fragmented ecosystems
(
Scientific American
)
September 17
Woman killed in climbing accident in Yoho
(
Edmonton Journal
)
September 14
CPAWS lauds Bow Valley Management Plan
(
Environmental News Network
)
September 14
Literary leg-wrestling coming to town
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 13
Province protects Bow Valley hectares
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 13
Banff among initial inductees into Virtual Canadian Railway Hall of Fame
(
Canada News Wire
)
September 12
Province preserves 4000 hectares in Bow Valley
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 12
Ban grizzly hunt or list the species, scientist says
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 12
Banff council refuses to bail out housing co-op
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 12
Housing plan for industrial compound bucks opposition
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 12
U.S. looks to Canada for wildlife solutions
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 12
Whistler bear feeders face stiff penalties
(
Globe and Mail
)
September 12
Persistent warden helps save stranded camper
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 12
9/11 remembered in solemn ceremonies
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 11
Canadian wildlife crash prevention praised
(
Globe and Mail
)
September 11
Officials show off Banff’s wildlife crossings
(
CBC Calgary
)
September 11
Housing planned for industrial compound
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 11
Myron fumes over marijuana debate
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 11
Town looks at local partnership
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 11
Health ministers converge in Banff
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 11
Lost backcountry hiker rescued
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 10
Canmore wins municipal excellence awards for arts program
(
Government of Alberta
)
September 9
Conservationists explore wolf hunting ban around Banff
(
CBC
)
September 9
Erik Weihenmayer completes “Seven Summits”
(
The Banff Centre
)
September 9
Volunteers needed at the Banff Mountain Ekiden Run
(
The Banff Centre
)
September 9
Verdi’s Requiem a finished work
(
National Post
)
September 8
Camper found alive after 12 days in diabetic coma
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 8
Goodbye to glaciers
(
National Post
)
September 8
In 20 years, global warming will reduce Bow to a trickle
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 8
Any guesses on mystery postcard?
(
Boston Herald
)
September 5
Parks Canada asks Alberta to help protect wolves
(
Calgary Herald
)
September 5
Hotel tax soon spent on marketing: Norris
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 5
Housing limited for Banff's seniors
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 5
There's no place like home
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 5
Pricey plonk pilfered
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 5
People-savvy bear cub survives busy summer
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 5
Wolf pack still vulnerable on provincial land
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
September 4
Change to land use bylaw would allow residents in the compound
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 4
Fight for firearms continues for wardens
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 4
Lawsuit filed in Banff Centre lease dispute
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 4
Park Museum to be stabilized
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 4
Anti-US sentiment hits visitors
(
Banff Crag & Canyon
)
September 3
Wildlife concerns block pilots’ path
(
CBC Calgary
)
September 2
Albertans ecstatic over Chrétien’s Kyoto promise
(
CBC Calgary
)
September 1
Four survive head-on crash near Castle Junction
(
Calgary Sun
)