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| The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
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News for August 2003
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| August 29 | Cottagers rush for fire insurance (Telus ) |
| August 28 | Park restrictions eased after rainfall; Hyw 93 open 24 hrs (Parks Canada ) |
| August 28 | Brutal tragedy ends Russell and Enns’s storied tale (Globe and Mail ) |
| August 28 | Alberta bungling grizzly bear management, claims group (Wildcanada.net ) |
| August 28 | Be wary of bears feeding on berries near trails, campgrounds (Government of Alberta ) |
| August 28 | Firefighters joining two Kootenay park blazes (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 28 | Fighting fires is hot, dangerous, dirty work (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 28 | Class sizes swell at Canadian Rockies (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 28 | Town management review underway (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 27 | Black bear returned to Banff from Canmore (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Large helicopter helping Parks fight fire (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Former park warden Kunelius criticizes “prescribed burning” (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Sunshine develops tougher ski terrain (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Town Council selects consultant to review operations (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Louis Trono is young at heart (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Eddie Hunter muses on the sting of the lost golf ball (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | News pertaining to the musical group “The Organix” (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 27 | Nature’s cold shoulders (the Columbia Icefields) (National Post ) |
| August 27 | War Party outsources fund raising to India (The Inquirer ) |
| August 26 | Centre’s Filumena wins big at the Bettys (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 25 | Wild bear attacks little boy in Russia (Pravda ) |
| August 25 | Hard-hit crews could be squids in (Scotsman ) |
| August 25 | Hyw 93 closed noon to midnight (Parks Canada ) |
| August 24 | Welcome bit of rain eases fire restrictions (Parks Canada ) |
| August 22 | Tokumm fire held at Vermilion Pass (Parks Canada ) |
| August 22 | Fire and smoke seen by the eye of a satellite (NASA ) |
| August 22 | Fire ban sends hikers to Jasper (Edmonton Journal ) |
| August 22 | People not heeding extreme fire conditions (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 22 | Kelowna a refreshing change from smoky Banff (Okanagan.net ) |
| August 21 | Smoke chokes out tourists (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 21 | Prescribed burn gets away (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 21 | Restrictions relax on Hwy 93; new fire in Kootenay Park (Parks Canada ) |
| August 21 | Shuler looking for off-leash area (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 20 | Businesses irate over power outage (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Parks’ prescribed burn blamed for power outage (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Hospital’s generators kick in as power fails (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Town claims to be prepared for forest fires (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Naffin abandons parkade protest (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Coho swim team victorious (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Banff rugby club beats Calgary bunch (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 20 | Firewater says they’re ready to rock (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 19 | Hwy 93 still restricted; smoky conditions continue (Parks Canada ) |
| August 19 | Smoke obscures Banff’s jewels, say some (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 18 | Smoke slowing highway traffic (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 18 | Local research institute funding studies on redwood die-off (San Francisco Gate ) |
| August 17 | Smoke from Fairholme no cause for alarm (Parks Canada ) |
| August 15 | Fire hazard remains extreme (Parks Canada ) |
| August 15 | Fire knocks out power as Banff gets blackout of its own (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 15 | Prize-winning architect to speak at the Centre (The Banff Centre ) |
| August 15 | Smoke, heat cause power outage in Banff (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 15 | Smoke gets in our skies for air quality (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 15 | Stress factors climbing (mentions fire near Banff) (Canoe ) |
| August 15 | Wild things (the McIvors’ backyard) (Canada.com ) |
| August 15 | Create a native garden (Diane McIvor) (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 14 | Siksika drop Chateau lawsuit (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 14 | Banff prepares for fires (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 14 | Kootenay Lodge delays opening until smoke clears (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 14 | Huge fire break built to protect Bow Valley (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 14 | Banff B & B recalls the past (profile of Tarry-a-while) (Canada.com ) |
| August 13 | Court of Appeal won’t block Bear Street development project (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 13 | Mali legend coming Thursday (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 13 | Lodge owner in middle of fire action (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 13 | Mortgage payouts may be revenue source (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 13 | Shuler pitches beefed up Mad Cow plan (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 13 | Axe throwers fined (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 13 | Fires producing significant air pollution (NASA ) |
| August 13 | Project to block future wildfires (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 11 | Calm among the flames in Radium (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 11 | Centre’s nanotech forum mixes art, science (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 11 | Highway 93 reopens temporarily (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 10 | Rafter Six fined $35,000 for unsuitable water (Edmonton Journal ) |
| August 8 | Centre opera to benefit fire victims in Alberta (CBC ) |
| August 8 | Man missing on Mount Robson (Calgary Sun ) |
| August 8 | Roller-coaster river (account of Kicking Horse raft trip) (Calgary Sun ) |
| August 7 | Bear trap springs on tampering teenager in Canmore (Calgary Sun ) |
| August 7 | Network of trail closures descends on Bow Valley (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 7 | Tokumm Creek blaze becomes number one priority (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 7 | Historic Kootenay Lodge spared (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| August 6 | Human intervention has made forest fires more devastating, experts say (Vancouver Sun ) |
| August 6 | Wardens try to train bears to keep out of Canmore (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 6 | Fire fears close trails (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Crews battling fires in Kootenay and Banff (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Central Park overhaul set to start in September (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Claim brings allegations as new CEO starts at Tourism Bureau (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Bruce Cockburn performs on August 11 (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Banff’s rugby tourney great despite losses (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Ultimate frisbee layers compete (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 6 | Ex-cop warns of drug perils in bars (Banff Crag & Canyon ) |
| August 5 | Golden traffic jam caused by highway closure (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 5 | Two fires burning in Jasper (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 5 | Tourist drowns in Maligne River (CBC Vancouver ) |
| August 5 | Lodge owner presents last line of defence (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 4 | Flames threaten Kootenay Park Lodge, destroy Fay Hut (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 3 | Campgrounds packed despite fire bans (Canoe ) |
| August 3 | Scat! Friends of Banff know all the dirt (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 2 | Comment invited on report for electricity distribution in Banff National Park (Canada News Wire ) |
| August 1 | Bear sightings force hikers to stay in groups (CBC Calgary ) |
| August 1 | Missing plane found near Golden, bodies recovered (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 1 | K-Country camps filling up despite ban on campfires (Calgary Herald ) |
| August 1 | Environment Canada provides historical weather records (Globe and Mail ) |
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