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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for November 2006
November 30Council awaits new estimates for Banff Refreshing  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 30Bear Street taking baby steps towards BRZ creation  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 30Bow Valley youths bring home North American medals  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 30Corb Lund’s a man on the move  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 30Bow Valley Chorus gives Handel the year off  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 28Banff eateries popular with critic John Gilchrist  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 28Canucks place at Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 28Involvement in riot nets fine, but no jail time  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 28Lake Louise offering free skiing and riding to locals  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 28Local snowboarding rail jam earns national notoriety  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 28Man fined $1,500 for fatal crash  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 26Calgary’s Kucera ends Canada’s gold drought at Lake Louise  (CBC )
November 26Climate change causing problems for winter sports industry  (Financial Times )
November 26Locals ski free at Lake Louise on December 2  (First Tracks )
November 25Bridge closure cuts off access to Fortress  (Calgary Herald )
November 25Writer reminisces about Banff’s past, ponders need to reside  (Globe and Mail )
November 23New spending boosts Banff budget by $97,000  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Town considering borrowing to address infrastructure needs  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23YWCA Safe House fundraising campaign underway  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Barra MacNeils bring Christmas to Banff  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Classics of mountain literature resurrected  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Anti-idling bylaw to be extended to entire townsite  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Caver dies on Mt. Bourgeau  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Heritage Tourism celebrates seven of the best  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Province awards Banff Centre $27 million  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 23Wing-Ding festivities to raise money for assault victim  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 22Banff targets idling vehicles  (Canmore Leader )
November 22Province establishes safety standards for secondary suites  (Government of Alberta )
November 21Province earmarks additional $27 million for Banff Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Town council’s top priority is pursuing alternate revenue  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Wardens recover body of Calgary man near Healy Creek  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Peter Duck, others honoured with Banff Heritage Tourism Awards  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Banff Benefit Ball looking to keep growing  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Chicken wing eating contest to raise money for Julie’s Fund  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21All-around appreciation comes first with ski racers  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Lake Louise set to host Winterstart World Cup  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 21Conditions, events make Lake Louise the place to be this week  (Calgary Sun )
November 21Heavy snowfall gives Sunshine’s Delirium Dive a lift  (Calgary Sun )
November 19Bighorn sheep balance on brink  (Canada.com )
November 19Canada names Alpine Team  (Ski Press )
November 17No discipline for students at Lake Louise “business games”  (CBC )
November 16Banff utility hikes to be spread over five years  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Banff day care gets big boost  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Budget would hike taxes 2.3 per cent  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Parks says no to car wash amendment  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Spirited story collection features strong Schäffer focus  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Gadd exposes 20 years of icicle climbing  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Lake Louise ready to welcome World Cup  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 16Grandi starts season with eighth place run  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 15Province investing additional $27 million in Banff Centre  (Government of Alberta )
November 14Proposed 13 percent increase in municipal property taxes offset by school reductions  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 14Businesses split on Banff Avenue summer construction  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 14Drug busts grow with RCMP’s “focused approach”  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 14Valdy and Fjellgaard play Friday  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 14Plenty of snow to go around  (Calgary Sun )
November 14British group votes Banff best ski resort in North America  (Travel Connect )
November 13Busy weekend for ski hills  (CFCN )
November 13Avalanche risk up in Banff  (CHED )
November 13Ski season underway  (CFCN )
November 12Grandi 8th in World Cup slalom in Finland  (CBC )
November 8Fortress ordered to stop selling passes  (Canada.com )
November 8Forum opens debate on reduced speed for Icefields Parkway  (Jasper Booster )
November 8Donations still arriving for Banff attack victim  (Canada.com )
November 8RCMP seizure of crystal methamphetamine a first for Banff  (Calgary Herald )
November 7Sunshine Village, Lake Louise getting ready to open lifts  (Calgary Sun )
November 7“You Go Girl,” Town of Banff encourages  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 7Business students: debauchery lesson  (National Post )
November 7Hyperbaric therapy subject offers hope to attack victim’s mom  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 7Survivor of Andes crash shares message with festival crowd  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 7Stars returning to ski and play in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 7“Sons of Butcher” playing at Bill’s November 13  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 7Mounties, wardens needed to quell student partiers at Chateau  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 7Bow Valley volleyball teams face competitive field  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
November 6University team-building dissolves into drunken chaos at the Lake  (Canada.com )
November 6Lake Louise team-building debacle makes the news in Arizona  (Arizona Republic )
November 6Banff launches fundraiser to aid assault victim  (Calgary Sun )
November 5Story of man versus tiger takes Film Festival grand prize  (The Banff Centre )
November 4Rimrock, Banff Springs get five diamonds from AAA  (Montreal Gazette )
November 3Jeff Long’s The Wall wins grand prize in book competition  (The Banff Centre )
November 3Banff assault victim’s father wants to reveal her identity  (CBC )
November 3Striving to help their daughter  (Ottawa Citizen )
November 3Alec Baldwin to host Banff celebrity ski weekend  (Calgary Sun )
November 3Dogs prohibited on designated ski trails in Lake Louise area  (Parks Canada )
November 2Elimination of GST rebate freaks out tourism industry  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2Hollywood celebrities returning for Waterkeeper fundraiser  (Ski Press )
November 2Family of girl attacked in Banff raising money for treatment  (Ottawa Citizen )
November 2Norquay first to open in Valley  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2Bears enter hibernation  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2Rocky Mountain ski resorts could profit from climate change  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2Waste commission wrangles with governance review  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2Environmental coordinator keen to tackle conservation issues  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2Car chase, drug bust keep Banff RCMP busy  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 2“Chucky Danger Band” already reaping awards  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
November 1Banff drug bust nets cocaine, marijuana, ill-gotten gain  (Calgary Herald )
November 1Cave and Basin one of top Canadian hot springs in scientist’s list  (Montreal Gazette )
November 1Mount Norquay open for business  (Calgary Sun )
November 1Norquay first to schuss out of gate  (Calgary Herald )

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