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| The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
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News for January 2005
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| January 30 | Feds announce Lake Louise area strategy (Government of Canada ) |
| January 30 | Feds announce plans for Banff National Park (CFCN ) |
| January 30 | Feds commit $8 million to environment projects (Calgary Sun ) |
| January 30 | Hinton ponders silencing train whistles, as has Banff (Yahoo! ) |
| January 29 | Grandi hopes at worlds (Slam Sports (Canoe) ) |
| January 29 | Wolves thriving in Prince Albert, endangered in Banff (Saskatoon Starphoenix ) |
| January 28 | Avalanche risk considerable, businesses hurting (Yahoo! ) |
| January 28 | Canadian team has hopes up at world alpine championships (Globe and Mail ) |
| January 28 | Initiatives in visitor use, environment to be announced (Government of Canada ) |
| January 28 | Kokanee beer backs Alberta ski sites (Calgary Sun ) |
| January 27 | Warm weather causes chaos on roads (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 27 | WinterFest events melt away (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 27 | Weather bedevils all but the skiers (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 27 | Whyte Museum launches history scholarship (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 27 | Church fire apparently not arson (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 27 | Conservation groups urge public action on grizzly hunt (Actionworks ) |
| January 27 | Local artists on display at WinterFest art exhibit (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 27 | Grandi, Simard, Forsyth lead Canadian team at world ski championships (Yahoo! ) |
| January 26 | Field fights Parks Canada move (CBC Calgary ) |
| January 25 | Grandi 8th in Austria (Slam Sports (Canoe) ) |
| January 25 | Suspicious fire damages church and food bank (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 25 | Whistler’s sustainability plan attractive to Banff representatives (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 25 | CPAWS announces 2005 Capture the Wild photography contest (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society ) |
| January 25 | Warm weather forces cancellation of some WinterFest activities (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 25 | Banff Alpine Racers sweep giant slalom sweep in Red Deer (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 25 | Near-idol Klippert to play Banff (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 23 | Icefields Parkway still closed (Parks Canada ) |
| January 22 | Roads to Radium, Jasper still closed (Parks Canada ) |
| January 22 | Trans-Canada reopened between Lake Louise and Golden (Calgary Sun ) |
| January 22 | Lots of snow at the ski hills (Ski Press ) |
| January 22 | Avalanche risk rated considerable (CFCN ) |
| January 21 | Canada’s new status with China seen as boost for tourism (Digital Banff news service ) |
| January 21 | Unseasonable weather in Banff (CFCN ) |
| January 21 | Trans-Canada highway reopens after stranding drivers (Canada.com ) |
| January 20 | Bail denied for credit card spree (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Banff group launching Sports Hall of Fame (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Banff Library urges free cards as tribute to Lois Hole (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Banff, Canmore eye 2008 Winter Games (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Boarding community mourns loss of pioneer Greg Todds (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Bust your boss to raise a few bucks for Crimestoppers (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Charges laid in stabbing (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Counterfeiting suspects released on bail (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Doug Hamel wants to dance up a snow storm (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Education community pitches in to handle recycling mess (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Health region may eliminate seniors’ long-term beds in Banff (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Naturalists to award research highs and lows (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | “No-knife” policy gets no backing (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Trudeau renews call for avalanche system funds (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 20 | Whyte Museum celebrates photography (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 19 | Highways shut down in mountain parks (CFCN ) |
| January 18 | Bail denied chronic offender (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 18 | Banff Alpine Racers sweep provincial meet (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 18 | Banff Sports Hall of Fame planned (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 18 | Ski hills suffer decline in business at 40 below (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 18 | Violin virtuoso to play Saturday at Banff Centre (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 18 | WinterFest also fun at night (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 15 | Cold weather puts the freeze on ski hill profits (CFCN ) |
| January 15 | Irish violin virtuoso Eileen Ivers playing January 22 (The Banff Centre ) |
| January 14 | Frigid weather may lessen pine beetle infestation (CBC Calgary ) |
| January 13 | Banff Centre hosts tsunami relief benefit show today (The Banff Centre ) |
| January 13 | Council approves funding for YWCA expansion (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 13 | Hollywood Harrelson honoured (Canoe ) |
| January 13 | Last-minute trimming shrinks local tax increase (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 13 | Mayor, councillors on junket to Whistler (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 13 | Rick Kunelius survives tsunami (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 12 | Grandi loses his grip on top spot (Globe and Mail ) |
| January 12 | Ice carving event celebrates Alberta centennial (Canada News Wire ) |
| January 11 | A honky tonk chance to fund avalanche safety (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 11 | Banff hockey player a winner at Mac’s tourney (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 11 | Banff tax bills to rise for 2005 (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 11 | Con artist extradited to U.S. from Victoria (Globe and Mail ) |
| January 11 | Dinner and a movie star at Celebrity Ski (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 11 | Grandi 12th in Switzerland (Canada.com ) |
| January 11 | Local band Hugh Mungus has tales to tell (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 11 | Valley skiers near top in GMC Cup event (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 10 | Celebrity Sports auction raises over $650,000 (Calgary Herald ) |
| January 10 | “Learn, and Live” at avalanche awareness night January 16 (The Banff Centre ) |
| January 10 | Winter concert series kicks off at the Banff Centre (The Banff Centre ) |
| January 9 | Celebrities depart for warmer climes (Jam Showbiz ) |
| January 9 | Star-studded Banff gala hopes to raise half a million dollars (Edmonton Sun ) |
| January 8 | Robert Kennedy Jr. sees “little George Bushes” in Canada (Yahoo! ) |
| January 8 | Ski and be seen in Banff as celebs attend fundraiser for water (Canada.com ) |
| January 8 | “Writer’s Conference” scammer might be extradited to Arkansas (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ) |
| January 7 | Calgary blogger not too impressed with celebrity invasion (BumfOnLine ) |
| January 7 | Denmark claims North Pole; Canada to tax Northwest Passage? (New Zealand Herald ) |
| January 7 | Snow many stars (Calgary Sun ) |
| January 6 | Autopsy ordered on man found in hostel (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 6 | Banff Council struggles with tax increase (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 6 | Celebs descend on Banff for fundraiser (Canada.com ) |
| January 6 | Learn and live at Avalanche Awareness Days (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 6 | Local resorts face problems attracting snow enthusiasts (Canoe ) |
| January 6 | “Melting Mountains” shows climate change evidence (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 6 | School board can’t affort to continue recycling program (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 6 | Show offers Banff Service Industry network adventures (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 6 | Tarchuk says she’ll help avert teachers’ strike (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 5 | Avalanche risks considerable in Rockies (CBC Vancouver ) |
| January 5 | Ice carvers head for Lake Louise (Globe and Mail ) |
| January 5 | Locals offer help to tsunami survivors (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 5 | Count shows birds spent Christmas away from Valley (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| January 5 | Film on Banff stabbing highlights sentencing laws (Seaforth Huron (ON) Expositor ) |
| January 4 | Canada’s first “ski hub” opens in Banff (Skiing Magazine ) |
| January 4 | Canmore man survives icy dip near falls (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 4 | Disaster relief efforts growing in Bow Valley (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 4 | Fundraiser stars arriving (Jam Showbiz ) |
| January 4 | Nettleton tells his winding road to music (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 4 | Terminator season short but sweet (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| January 4 | Wild Billy’s captain looks for basketball repeat (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
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