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News for May 2005
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| May 31 | Bear claws net $4,000 penalty for Sleeping Buffalo gift shop (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 31 | Homeowners to see housing corporation agenda this week (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 31 | Grandi could race at home in November (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 31 | High school rugby girls bounced from playoffs (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 30 | Grizzly conservation on agenda for Banff Centre conference (The Banff Centre ) |
| May 30 | Banff-Jasper highway impresses travel writer (Canada.com ) |
| May 28 | Travel writer enjoys a ride on the Rocky Mountaineer (Globe and Mail ) |
| May 28 | Skier, coach Rob Bosinger dies (Globe and Mail ) |
| May 26 | Bow Valley gets own blog (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 26 | Banff’s crippled tourism industry can’t afford Park fee hike (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 26 | Bow Valley braces for bear visits (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 26 | Banff grapples with thorny commercial space issue (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 26 | Banff says it’s ready for fire season (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 26 | Snail security beefed up (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 26 | Num-Ti-Jah celebrates Centennial with historic exhibition (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 25 | Bosinger remembered as an inspiration (Canmore Leader ) |
| May 24 | Mayor Stutz pleads economic weakness to counter Park fee hikes (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 24 | Parks, RCMP unable to enforce speed reduction at Lake Louise (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 24 | Filmmaker and Rwanda general to speak at Banff TV festival (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 24 | Rugby team heading to post-season (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 24 | Ryan Labbe takes top prize in karate competition (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 19 | Elk rebounding (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Radium trying to cope with Banff’s deported elks (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Grizzly 66 and three cubs spotted near Norquay (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Banff nightclub claims smoking exemption (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Valley schools to get full-time librarians back (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Emergency Medical Services slammed (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Stranded climbers phone for helicopter rescue (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | First sighting reported for black-necked stilt (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Highway to get marked (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Man fined $750 for ecstasy possession in Banff (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Lake Louise gondola back in action for summer (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Banff filmmaker shows “Shining Mountains” (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Hitchhiker finds Good Samaritan was anything but (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Parks wants bylaw crackdown in new downtown park: no camping (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | National Brotherhood of Skiers coming to Banff (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 19 | Mike Schintz writes book on experiences in warden serrvice (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 18 | Parks officials say caribou not in danger from prescribed burn (CBC Calgary ) |
| May 18 | Court sides with wardens on gun-carrying controversy (Globe and Mail ) |
| May 17 | Bow Valley skiers highlight summer training program (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 17 | Location markers proposed for Trans-Canada Highway (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 17 | Half-clothed driver pleads guilty to indecency (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 17 | Theatre review: Pizza Man dark, but not too humourous (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 17 | Banff rugby Bears face must-win in playoffs (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 14 | Festival season at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Calgary Sun ) |
| May 14 | Grandi, Hudec, Stutz, Tarchuk named to alpine team (Ski Racing ) |
| May 14 | Restorations made to Banff home designed by Laszlo Funtek (Canada.com ) |
| May 12 | Mercury warning issued for fish caught in Parks (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Town councillors not in conflict on housing, province says (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Scientists on hunt for elusive boa snake in Kootenay Park (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Banff census seeks answers on late night noise issues (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Wardens win round in sidearm battle (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Banff compromises on lighting bylaw (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Town wants input on bylaw enforcement (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Toxic cleaning mishap clears YWCA (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Bar fight leads to $2,000 fine for broken nose (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Credit card scammer jailed (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | Man held in custody on child porn charges (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 12 | End-of-season blow-out at Lake Louise brings cops from afar (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 11 | Ocean oscillations linked to local elk population (Science Daily ) |
| May 10 | Parks unable to prevent decimation of endangered snails (Globe and Mail ) |
| May 10 | Census on June 12 (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 10 | Extra police summoned to quell bash at Lake Louise (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 10 | Dakota Hines leads sucessful karate team (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 10 | “Old Blind Dogs” fiddling on May 22 (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 9 | Canmore Catholic School construction given green light (Government of Alberta ) |
| May 5 | Banff looking at four plans for commercial space transfer (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Parks gives cautious support to commercial space transfer (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Assessment changes coming next year (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Infrastructure money should go downtown, councillors agree (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Pine trees decimated by blister rust (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Linkage between cougars, wolves, and elk studied (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Wolves will be protected from prescribed burn, Parks says (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Ocean temperatures correlate with local fire hazard (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Sunshine Ski Resort wants more parking (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Lake Louise Mountie in Holland for ceremonies (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Banff Elementary School kids raise $2,000 for Thai schools (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Abbeyfield board seeks to offer more care (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Stabber gets six months (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Child porn case delayed a week (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Romantic interlude in snail pool proves expensive (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 5 | Funny money passer gets two years' probation (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| May 4 | Accused pleads guilty to high-speed chase (Canmore Leader ) |
| May 4 | Fish consumption advisory introduced (Jasper Booster ) |
| May 4 | Town of Banff plans major improvements (Globe and Mail ) |
| May 3 | Ted Hart expects input on community plan (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 3 | Amourous couple fined for hot springs escapade (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 3 | Nathalie Rheaume earns gymnastic title (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 3 | Darker side of Potato Shed shows in heavy comedy (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| May 3 | Highway through Howse Pass investigated (Red Deer Advocate ) |
| May 3 | Banff residents warned berry failure may steer bears into town (National Post ) |
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