News
The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for June 2007
June 28Dealers mething with drugs  (Calgary Sun )
June 28Six Glaciers well worth battling the crowds  (Canada.com )
June 27Banff bank robbers sentenced in $350K heist  (CBC )
June 27RCMP search for another missing woman  (CFCN )
June 27Banff RCMP warns that cocaine and ecstacy may contain meth  (CFCN )
June 27Non-speaking roles open in opera Frobisher  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 26Councillors disagree over direction for parkade  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 26New outdoor skating rink going in north of rec centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 26Local business owner fined $170K for tax “scheme”  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 26Man pleads guilty to impaired driving and evading police  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 26Eccentricity to entertain Canada Day crowd  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 26Remorseful bank robber faces victims  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 25Banff Springs snail only at-risk species with recovery action plan  (Sierra Club of Canada )
June 23Brothers apologize for bank terror  (Calgary Herald )
June 22Emotional victim impact statements heard in bank robbery case  (CHQR )
June 21Bow Arts in the Park features events every Sunday  (Travel Video Television )
June 21Grizzly sow was eating deer carcass when hit by CPR  (Calgary Herald )
June 20Grizzly bear family killed by Canadian Pacific Railway  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Grizzly cubs killed by CPR after mother dies on tracks  (Calgary Herald )
June 20Bear 66’s orphaned cub left in zoo limbo  (Canada.com )
June 20CP Rail-riding black bear cubs missing  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Wardens contain fuel leak at Lake Minnewanka  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Car wash too risky without Town providing monopoly  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20BCHS gets new principal  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Mountain Movers kicks off at Bow Lake June 29  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Myron Thompson hanging up Stetson  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Conservative party’s nomination process under suspicion  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Informal exhibit explores role of architecture  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Over 200 take on soggy Dad's Day Citizen Race  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 20Virginia cadets finding solution for used grease  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 19Cubs of grizzly sow killed by Canadian Pacific found dead  (Calgary Sun )
June 19Grizzly bear killed by Canadian Pacific Railway  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Grizzly sow hit by train leaves two cubs  (Calgary Herald )
June 19New lawyer for Sunshine in trial over death of worker  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Rocky Mountains, Banff score high on Priceless Index  (Canada News Wire )
June 19Banff artist to showcase talent at denim event  (Calgary Herald )
June 19Banff moves up in Fraser Institute school rankings  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Comedy, tragedy, and puppets in show at Banff Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Man jailed two years after high-speed chase  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Drunk driver has sentence reduced  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Skaterboarders pull out tricks for local meet  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Banff swimmer qualifies for national championships  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 19Myron Thompson running out of gas, plans to retire  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 18Myron Thompson won’t be running in the next election  (CHED )
June 18Mastermind of Banff bank robbery sentenced to 6.5 years  (CBC )
June 16Canmore employees of Banff Springs to commute by horseback  (Business to Business Travel )
June 13Town goes to design phase for pedestrian bridge  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 13Parks rules out handgun appeal  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 13Special zoning for car wash divides council  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 13Tattered flag at railway station raises council’s ire  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 13Banff TV festival glamourous and buzz-worthy  (Vancouver Sun )
June 13Eight plead guilty in Melissa’s bar brawl  (Canmore Leader )
June 13Parade nixed but band extravaganza planned for Canada Day  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 13Bear cubs hijacked by train  (CBC Calgary )
June 12Car wash issue sparks debate  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Gas leak shuts part of Banff Avenue  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Rotary fundraiser raises $42K for non-profit centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12TV festival takes over Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Flood watch downgraded: province  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Dancing to an aboriginal story of the world  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12RCMP trainees reunite after 51 years  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Citizens’ Race returns  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Rugby women continue hot streak  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 12Rugby men lose tough game at home  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 11Banff no longer under flood watch  (CHQR )
June 11Alberta grizzlies barely surviving, census shows  (Globe and Mail )
June 10Future bleak for grizzlies in Alberta  (Calgary Sun )
June 10Small schools big results [BCHS]  (Calgary Herald )
June 8Floods cut power to Lake Louise for 11 hours  (Calgary Herald )
June 7Bear cubs ride the rails, mother left behind  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 7Elk swept to death over Bow Falls  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 7Pooch plummets into Stewart Canyon  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 7Wardens busy with bats, bears  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 7B&B on the range [Tarry-a-while]  (Montreal Gazette )
June 7Town releases new web channel  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 7Artist turning trash into treasure  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 7Banff World TV Festival kicks off Sunday  (Variety )
June 7Hostages terrorized in CIBC robbery  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
June 6Parks issues flood watch and high streamflow advisories  (Parks Canada )
June 6Rain douses prescribed burn  (Canmore Leader )
June 6The great Canadian meltdown [Columbia Icefields]  (MSNBC )
June 5Banff bracing for Bow River flood  (Canada.com )
June 5Banff put under a flood watch  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Bank robber faces sentencing June 18  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Canada Day organizers plan to make up for lack of parade  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Drop in U.S. visitors hurts Canadian tourism  (Calgary Herald )
June 5Hiker succumbs to heart attack on C Level Cirque  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Speeding driver found innocent of drug trafficking  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Soccer season underway  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Banff juniors repeat as rugby champs  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Fun first for Banff mixed softball league  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5Exactly who is driving the ball?  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 5“Hey Romeo” bringing first album to Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
June 4Flood watch issued for Banff  (Town of Banff )
June 4Bow River approaching flood levels  (Digital Banff news service )
June 4Stan Cowley of Rafter Six inducted into Tourism Hall of Fame  (Canada News Wire )
June 3Sunshine sues Crown, claiming Lake Louise pays lower rent  (Edmonton Sun )
June 2Independent merchants generate benefits for local economy  (New Rules )
June 2Heist hostages feared for lives in $300k bank robbery  (Canada.com )
June 2Controlled burn planned in Spray Valley  (CFCN )
June 2Researchers step up quest to find elusive Banff caribou  (Calgary Herald )
June 1Banff bank robber pleads guilty in terrifying heist  (Calgary Sun )
June 1Japanese students held at Vancover airport over measles  (Vancouver Sun )

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