News
The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for July 2007
July 31Wardens still in limbo over handguns  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Window bearing legion crest smashed  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31 Europeans relieved about ski bus, but wary of future  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Sonar seeks hidden treasures  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Elk getting birth control  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Former aide seeks Tory ticket  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Town bikes eco-friendly alternative  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Bow Valley tokes along with rest of Canada  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31 Banff softball still draws in the crowd  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Banff Rugby women suffer loss, tie in week’s play  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Springs course superintendent Kevin Pattison moving on  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Father and son sitarists coming to Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Artist paints in meditative state  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 31Top chefs compete in Banff  (Travel Video Television )
July 29Celebrating summer at the Banff Centre [Midsummer Ball]  (Canada.com )
July 29Writer from the east finds Banff “not at all tacky”  (Denver Post )
July 28Black bear cub killed on highway near Sunshine  (Canada.com )
July 28Hot pool forms centrepiece of new Banff hotel  (Canada.com )
July 27Banff National Park among 279 sites to receive decontamination funding  (Canada News Wire )
July 27Parks Canada taming feisty elk with birth control  (Canada.com )
July 25Woman fights off aggressive cougar in Kootenay Park  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Golden arches creates summer camp for staff  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Canadian Alpine Journal turns 100  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Dancing on the mountain [Banff Centre]  (Calgary Herald )
July 25Mountain place names book includes weighty and whimsical  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Mountain Movement reaches great heights  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Rumble strips on Trans-Canada face funding woes  (Canmore Leader )
July 25Banff rugby team falters, loses chance at top spot  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Parks refusing to abolish land rent  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Park wardens await sidearm decision  (Canada.com )
July 25Parks horses suffering from affliction  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Bison Mountain Bistro a gem in the “faux old west” of Banff  (National Post )
July 25Cougar kills elk near Banff rec grounds  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Bear incidents a reminder to use caution  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Grizzlies restrict Moraine Lake hikers to groups  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 25Impaired up, drugs down in Banff’s 2006 crime statistics  (Canmore Leader )
July 25Sally Borden dining centre opens  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 24TransCanada Highway closed at Golden Tuesday morning  (CHQR )
July 24Banff’s Harry-ness earns library $5,000  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Extreme fire warning back in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Sliding truck misses cyclists by 50 metres  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24New book about golf course designer Stanley Thompson  (Cybergolf )
July 24Trail closures aimed at reducing conflict with bears  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Bikers get bear scare  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Website arms us with wldlife know-how  (Canada.com )
July 24New $20 million dining room completed at Banff Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Man pays Banff Springs $7,500 for smash-up  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Bail denied for bar brawl birthday boy  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 2481-year-old Eddie Hunter golfs 83 holes  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Men’s rugby lose heated battle to Calgary Irish  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 24Women’s rugby suffer 20-0 loss  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 23Minnewanka trails closed after bear encounter  (CFCN )
July 23Bear likely cause of Calgary cyclist's death at Panorama  (Canada.com )
July 23Eco-friendly pedicabs hope to serve Banff  (Canada.com )
July 22Grizzly chases cyclists at Lake Minnewanka  (Calgary Herald )
July 22Dead mountain-biker found on Panorama trail alongside bear  (Vancouver Province )
July 21Forshner wins Alberta amateur women’s golf tournament  (Edmonton Sun )
July 21Trans-Canada near Golden open with one lane  (Drive BC )
July 20Trans-Canada closed east of Golden  (CHQR )
July 20First project of Banff Centre Revitalization completed  (Canadian Architect )
July 20Banff golfer grabs three-stroke lead in amateur tournament  (Canada.com )
July 19Americans avoiding Great White North  (Canada.com )
July 18Town facing extreme fire hazard  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 18Is a forest fire in Washington making our skies hazy?  (CBC )
July 18Council opens door on future utility fee  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 18Bison bistro changing Banff’s reputation for “mediocre meals”  (Canada.com )
July 18Uphill battle for pedicab operator  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 18Banff named the “Harry-est Town” in Canada  (Canada News Wire )
July 18Tuktu Prayers to open in Banff  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 18Tests show methamphetamine in cocaine and ecstasy  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 18Trial set for Sunshine Village  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 17Rumble strips a possibility on Trans-Canada  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Banff cycling death trial pushed back  (Canada.com )
July 17Post Hotel and Spa earns top ranking by Travel + Leisure  (Yahoo )
July 17YWCA borrowing cash for housing project shortfall  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Sunshine pleads not guilty to charges in worker's death  (Canada.com )
July 17Trial dates set for Sunshine in 2004 death of Banff employee  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Eighty years of Broadway in two hours  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Tourists survive plunge over Bow Falls  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Warning cable on Bow absent due to flooding  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Women’s rugby team avenges only loss  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 17Banff rugby men win at home  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 15Calgary health region aims to lead country in banning trans fats  (CBC )
July 13Heat advisory issued for southern Alberta  (CHQR )
July 13Effort underway to boost Japanese tourism  (Calgary Herald )
July 12British paddlers survive trip over Bow Falls  (Calgary Herald )
July 11Former town politicians may run again  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Banff Avenue reconstruction closes 100 and 200 blocks  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Concerns raised over Castle Mountain sewage sludge  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Canada’s leading man to perform in Rundle church basement  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Organizers set for culture weekend  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Trio of guidebooks list myriad trails  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Green Party’s Maw won’t attempt to represent Wild Rose  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Mexican masons fill labour void  (Canmore Leader )
July 11Young mathematicians training at Banff International Research Station  (Calgary Herald )
July 11Murrell named artist-in-residence at Banff Centre  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Stutz named top 50 Albertan by business rag  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Hotel-to-hill bus service extended  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Bail denied man charged after cyclist fatality  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 11Councils put on openness notice  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 10Ski buses will run door-to-hill  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10Mayor Stutz makes top 50 influential list  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10Criminal record puts driver in jail for deadly bicycle smash-up  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10Judge denies bail to driver in fatal collision near Banff  (Calgary Herald )
July 10RCMP hoping to educate cyclists  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10Murrell taking on new role at Banff Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10Banff tops competition for “Harry-est Town” in Canada  (Canada News Wire )
July 10Alberta still able to attract U.S. tourists  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10June flooding costs town almost $50,000  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 10Parties looking to make advances in post-Thompson era  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 4Bold grizzly may have moved away from Banff  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4Charges laid against off-roaders in Banff  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4Fatalities leave bicycle riders nervous  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4School division to fuel buses with biodiesel blend  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4Thousands of dollars spent on Banff flood preparations  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4Guelph paper covers home-town man killed on Trans-Canada  (Guelph Mercury )
July 4Grammy winning composer hopes crowd will be enchanted  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4Students add life to Banff history  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
July 4Banff mayor rescues squirrel cutout from Canmore council  (Canmore Leader )
July 3Canada Day gets by without a parade  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 3Banff community plan mute on chain store details  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 3Nantucket, Massachusetts, bans chain stores  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 3Get a flavour for the Banff Summer Arts Festival  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 3Home of famed photographer Nick Morant to be demolished  (Canada.com )
July 3Ontario cyclist killed on Trans-Canada  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 3Banff brothers sentenced for bank robbery  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 3Drugs spiked with methamphetamine sold in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
July 1Cyclist killed on highway near Banff  (Calgary Herald )

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