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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for December 2004
December 30Locals offer help to tsunami survivors  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Count shows birds spent Christmas away from Valley  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Parks approves Trans-Canada twinning permit  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Banff Community Foundation looking to hand out cash  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Grandi receives hero’s welcome  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30John Harrop builds outhouses people talk about  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Backcountry saviours always ready for action  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Backcountry ski lodges team up for safety  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 302004: The year in Banff  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 30Bow Valley adventurers reach new heights in 2004  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 29Avalanche risks considerable in Rockies  (CBC Vancouver )
December 29Banff town council cautiously considers future  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 29Icy sidewalks treacherous for seniors  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 29New Year’s Eve fun planned  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 29Icemen coach looking forward to new year  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 29Looking back: sports scene in 2004  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 29Film on Banff stabbing highlights sentencing laws  (Seaforth Huron (ON) Expositor )
December 29Aussie a favourite at Rose & Crown jam night  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 23It'll be a Grandi homecoming  (Canoe )
December 23Three dead on Trans-Canada near Golden  (CBC Vancouver )
December 23Celebrities confirmed for January glamour event  (First Tracks )
December 23Parks, union sign four-year deal  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Their hampers runneth over  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Banff Council chips away at 2005 budget  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Budget cuts mean less revenue, Banff council told  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Twice was nice for Grandi  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Bail denied for pair in Banff pepper spray case  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Jacket thief jailed for Christmas  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 23Lake Louise break-in probed  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 22Canada’s new skiing legend  (Canada.com )
December 22Veteran skier blossoms into star  (Globe and Mail )
December 21Grandi skis to second straight World Cup win  (CBC Calgary )
December 21Grandi does it again, wins second World Cup race in three days  (Yahoo! )
December 21Grandi grabs second surprise World Cup win  (Yahoo! )
December 21Grandi’s win brings joy to Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 21Council cuts 2005 operating budget   (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 21Bob Cook and the UnHerd-of ready to Christmas it at the Rose   (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 20Boy predicted victory for Grandi  (Canada.com )
December 20Stutz attains career best with silver at Europa Cup  (First Tracks )
December 19Grandi breaks 10-year Canada jinx  (CNN )
December 19Grandi wins World Cup giant slalom  (Yahoo! )
December 19Slicing, icing and dicing at Lake Louise [travel]  (Vancouver Sun )
December 18Wal-Mart worries Canmore officials  (Canoe )
December 17Herding with hockey sticks: Elk trained to stay away from tourists  (Eureka Alert )
December 17Parks workers approve deal to 2007  (Canoe )
December 17Sunshine enjoys near-record November  (OnTheSnow.com )
December 17Tourism industry spent 2003 mired in doldrums  (Globe and Mail )
December 17Walmart eyes Canmore for potential opening  (CBC Calgary )
December 16Controversy surrounds Banff Mountain Film Festival winner  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16Bow Valley teachers vote to strike  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16Banff council grapples with philosophy of raises  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16Town of Banff capital projects unveiled  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16Locals in limelight at Warren Miller premiere  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16Banff World Cup skier out for another season with knee injury  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16Audience thrilled with Cole for Christmas  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 15Banff Centre, Fairmont Hotels among top Canadian employers  (Canmore Leader )
December 15Poulton: Trans-Canada plan integrates needs of humans, nature  (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society )
December 15Vaccinating wildlife can reduce human risk for Lyme disease  (Yale )
December 15Banff man jailed on drug charges in Ontario  (Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal )
December 15Sunshine wants to keep upgrading  (Hotels )
December 14Banff residents happy to see snow  (CFCN )
December 14Hudec hurts knee, returns to Canada for treatment  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 14Public looks at makeover plans for Banff Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 14Teachers vote to authorize strike  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 14Teen volunteers make life easier at Mineral Springs Hospital  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 14Town’s financial reserve levels falling  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 14Trans-Canada crash claims B.C. woman  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 14Scientists search for ice’s slippery secret  (Scotsman.com )
December 12Temperature drop turns highways deadly  (Calgary Herald )
December 12Only three wolves in Bow Valley pack; survival questioned  (Canoe )
December 12Grandi top Canadian at 11th at Val d’Isere  (CBC )
December 12Banff: Where art and nature are happily allied [travel]  (St Louis Post-Dispatch )
December 11B.C. woman killed on highway near Lake Louise  (Canoe )
December 9The ecology of fear: Wolves gone, ecosystems suffer  (Oregon State University )
December 9Lawsuit over use of word “icewalk”  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Banff looking for 5.5 per cent tax increase  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Small Business Association questions management salary hikes  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Handel's Hallelujah will once more ring out  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Alec Baldwin, Meg Ryan lend names to Banff Springs fundraiser  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Script about Banff hockey game wins Whistler Film Festival contest  (Georgia Straight )
December 9World Cup wraps up  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Americans sweep podium at NorAm; Tarchuk places ninth  (Canada.com )
December 9Grandi 13th in Colorado  (Canada.com )
December 9Santa skis Louise  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 7Some services may be lost under development limitations  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 7Tax hike needed to continue current level of town services  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 7Video of local snowboarding scene showing on December 14  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 7Young skiers enjoy World Cup thrills  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 7Detection kit battles trade in bear parts  (New Scientist )
December 7Following the founder’s finger at the Banff Springs Hotel  (Vancouver Sun )
December 7B.C. saps Banff ski hills  (Calgary Herald )
December 3New avalanche rules for backcountry  (CBC Calgary )
December 3Avalanche terrain ratings for the mountain National Parks  (Parks Canada )
December 2Parks probes burning accident  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Parks assets in poor shape  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Panning requirements for ski hills called complex, costly  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2B.C. developments hammering Banff ski resorts  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Schools starved for maintenance funds  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Holly Cole appearing December 11  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Holly Cole appearing December 11  (The Banff Centre )
December 2New trail rules aim to save skiers  (Calgary Herald )
December 2Henderson-Topps show at the Library   (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Hudec amazes on home turf  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2Myron effusive in praise of George W. Bush  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 1Bow Riverkeepers presenting Robert Kennedy in Calgary on January 9  (Bow Riverkeeper )
December 1Research calls for big grizzly corridor  (Globe and Mail )
December 1Retiring warden reflects on unique job  (Canmore Leader )

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