News
The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for May 2007
May 31Banff tourists temporarily pulled from flight  (Canada.com )
May 30Mercury warning on consumption of fish caught in park  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Researcher staying up late to band loons  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Town declines to fund TV festival beer bash  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Changes for treacherous crosswalk at Valleyview  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Banff bike park in phase one  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Indigo likely to get licence  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Measles scare strands visiting students  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 30Task force discovers Banff is a party town  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 29Measles results released  (CFCN )
May 29Quarantined tourists allowed to leave Banff hotel  (CBC )
May 29Indigo Books likely to get licence  (Canada.com )
May 29Steering committee reviewing chain store issue  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Japanese tour group quarantined over measles fears  (Calgary Herald )
May 29Town staff urged to walk, bike  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Regional transit on the move  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Ski bus decision expected in a month  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Task force gets input on crime reduction in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Australian pleads guilty to assault  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Music festival coming to downtown Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Lake Louise in recycling quandary  (Canada.com )
May 29Banff Rugby Club wins home opener  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Banff’s women’s rugby team defeats Calgary Saints  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29High school girl’s rugby season comes to an end  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 29Soccer promoted to youth in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 28Japanese group quarantined in Banff after exposure to measles  (CBC )
May 28Report tackles retail balance conundrum  (Calgary Herald )
May 28It's a dog’s vacation [travel]  (Canada.com )
May 27Tom and Isobel Rolston win Alberta arts prize  (Canada.com )
May 26Weather statement warns of possible heavy rain Sunday night  (CHQR )
May 24Banff’s underbelly stuns chair of crime task force  (Calgary Herald )
May 23Environment Canada issues rare May snowfall warning  (CHQR )
May 23Residents willing to pay up to $90 milllion for new rec centre  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23A couple of Banff residents call for chain store moratorium  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23UTSB rates Canadian ski areas on care for environment  (UTSB Research )
May 2317-year-old Banff resident faces charges for starting fire  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23Banff Centre appoints executive director of Mountain Culture  (The Banff Centre )
May 23Banff Spring golf course continues to suck water from the Bow  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23Starbucks gains new foothold in Banff  (Calgary Herald )
May 23The STD capital of Canada, Banff offers free testing  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23Banff workplace humourist emerges as the anti-Dilbert  (Edmonton Journal )
May 23Bottle depot blues in Louise  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23Parks searching for threatened caribou  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23Didge man to play Wild Bill’s  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 23Volunteers needed for Banff bike park  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 22Banff ski areas receive poor environmental grades  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Appeal to stop new tattoo shop denied  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22YWCA helping ease affordable housing crunch  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Leaving winter in the slush  (Globe and Mail )
May 22Wildfire near Banff subdued  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Lakes in Rockies slowly losing their turquoise colour  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Bike park to begin construction this week  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Rough conclusion to a positive rugby season  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Swinging into golf history  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22Bruno’s showcasing local talent  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 22“Urban Divide” bringing funk and soul sounds to Rose & Crown  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 20Gas hikes may help tourism  (Calgary Herald )
May 20Longer delays west of Golden  (CTV )
May 19High streamflows likely  (Canoe )
May 19Land of river and ice [travel]  (Newsday )
May 17Bleak forecast for long weekend  (Canada.com )
May 17Park’s report on wildfire includes map, aerial photos  (Parks Canada )
May 17Teen charged after Banff wildfire  (CBC )
May 17Arrest after Banff fire  (CHED )
May 17Images from Vermilion Lakes fire  (Flickr )
May 17Wildfire threatens Banff  (Calgary Sun )
May 17Wildland blaze closes Norquay road  (Canada.com )
May 16Vermilion Lakes fire under control  (Digital Banff news service )
May 16Parks poisoning non-native fish  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16New rates for Banff municipal taxes  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Banff Safeway opening Starbucks  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Banff gearing up for increased composting  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Handguns ruled necessary for park wardens  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Hikers rescued from Sulphur  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Car wash proposed for industrial area  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Banff EMS share innovations with peers  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16More to Shangri-La than just imagination  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Trailex celebrates anniversary  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 16Athabasca Glacier, North America’s most visited, shrinking  (NASA )
May 16Canmore postpones renewal of regional transportation partnership  (Canmore Leader )
May 16Summer in Banff: A small town with big sound  (Yahoo! )
May 16Sunshine’s Slush Cup to close a great season  (Skipress World )
May 16Trans-Canada closes again near Golden  (CHQR )
May 16Animals run amok drive towns over the edge  (Globe and Mail )
May 15Town collecting household food waste  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Results from chain store meeting being compiled  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Banff Avenue closure pushed back until middle of July  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Diversity of town at stake, says head shop owner  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Painters collaborate for show at Canada House  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Birth control considered for burgeoning elk  (Canada.com )
May 15Golf blogger recommends Alberta, fingers Banff Springs  (USA Today )
May 15Junior climbers prepare for national competition  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Miller embodies spirit of Kyokushin karate  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Rec field opens with rugby match  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 15Wardens stripped of enforcement duties  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 14Banff Park elk cull eyed  (Canada.com )
May 13Wardens demoralized as they turn in badges  (Calgary Herald )
May 13Climate change causing mountain lakes to lose their hue  (Calgary Herald )
May 13Banff addresses transport issues  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 13Galarneau wins karate nationals  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 13Banff Springs names new head golf pro  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 12National parks face a lawless long weekend, say conservationists  (Vancouver Sun )
May 12Trafficking charges laid against four  (Canada.com )
May 10Grizzlies put tourists at risk  (Calgary Herald )
May 10Hawaii daredevil killed in jump off cliff  (Honolulu Advertiserr )
May 10Parks Canada ordered to arm wardens when enforcing laws  (Canada.com )
May 10Parks considering cull of area elk herd  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 10Residents call for chain store regulation  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 10Unarmed wardens banned from policing national parks  (CBC )
May 9Hundreds debate chain store invasion at Banff town hall  (Calgary Herald )
May 8Industry leaders seeking ski bus solution  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 8Bow Valley communities move closer to achieving resort status  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 8Cougar is a favourite to biologists  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 8Chain stores’ future in Banff at stake in town hall meeting  (Calgary Herald )
May 8Other towns don’t ban chain stores  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 8CP Railway cleans up its tracks  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 8Water, sewer work cuts into Banff's beauty  (Calgary Herald )
May 7The battle for Banff’s retail soul  (National Post )
May 4Railway hopper car repairs to save wildlife  (Edmonton Journal )
May 4Banff skiers among biggest-ever national team  (Globe and Mail )
May 4Arctos & Bird developments examples of water-wise design  (Business Edge )
May 3Banff youth lucky to be alive after being struck in crosswalk  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 3Indigo defies opposition with business licence application  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 3Solutions sought at transportation summit  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 3Accused CIBC robbers to change pleas  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 3Cougar kill closes Johnson Lake area  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 3Banff skater achieves triple gold status  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
May 2Horvath ready to campaign in Wild Rose  (Cochrane Times )
May 1Selected groups gathering for transportation summit  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Information centre re-opened after six weeks  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Lawyers indicate robbers will enter guilty pleas  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Mayors seeking resort status  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Man sent to hospital after collision in parking lot  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Loutitt to help raise water awareness with run  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Cassels named to new Alpine Canada position  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Ender Bender closes out season’s snowboard competitions  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1Grandi defends Bozo Cup bragging rights  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1German orchestra performing in Banff on Friday  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1“Everclear” performing Sunday  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
May 1“The Loved Ones” performing Saturday  (Banff Crag and Canyon )

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