The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for August
2007
August 30
New Trans-Canada bridge opens in Kicking Horse
(
CBC
)
August 30
Cougar attacks possibly linked to climate change
(
Canada.com
)
August 30
Banff didn’t request review of national census results
(
Canada.com
)
August 30
Banff buses may go high tech
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 30
Banff to improve water quality
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 30
Housing density plan may protect character
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 30
Local throws hat in election ring for ’07
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 30
New plan to promote protection of water quality
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 30
Parks, province planning beetle burn
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 30
String quartet competition gets Dark
(
Canada.com
)
August 28
Banff residents want more convenient recycling
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Students heading back to school
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Possible bright future for geocaching fans
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Town council readies to say goodbye
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Banff not just a transient town
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
CEO says Banff Centre should be exempt from off-site levy
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Kings of strings [Banff International String Quartet Competition]
(
Canada.com
)
August 28
Man evading police in station takes wrong turn
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Rugby women heading to finals
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
Eric Sethna places eighth at climbing competition in Ecuador
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 28
“Last of the Bad Men” performing in Banff
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 27
Banff claims it’s short changed in national census
(
CBC
)
August 27
Parks Canada digging tunnels for salamanders in Waterton
(
CBC
)
August 27
Beautiful and busy Banff [tourism]
(
Canada.com
)
August 22
Real estate magnate warns against meddling with chain stores
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Provincial funding changes could cost Bow Valley $9 million
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Banff considering sidewalk maintenance, post-”Refreshing”
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Banff's population continues to grow
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Town to task feds with census cost
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Winds claim life in Canmore, damage homes and cars
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Warden pushing for emergency services status
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Banff Centre appeals $100,000 off-site levy
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Banff Centre to showcase international quartet competition
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Ancient murrelet shows up at Lake Minnewanka
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 22
Parks Canada gears up for fall prescribed fires
(
Golden Star
)
August 21
Municipal census puts population over 8,700
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Banff Centre asks for fee exemption for new building
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Community plan gets first reading from council
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Municipal election gearing up
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Campaign hopes to attract workers
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Recycled road material used in Banff Avenue reconstruction
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Questions raised over elk birth-control drug
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Anton Kuerti wins National Arts Award from Banff Centre
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Man injured in snowboard accident making progress
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Rugby women defeat Calgary Rams 20-15
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Hockey school training champs
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Climbers ready for Youth World Championships
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Soccer teams prep for home stretch
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Rugby men cap season with win
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Skateboarding camp teaching next generation
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 21
Ingram asks can animals think tonight
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 17
Banff relocated to Ontario
(
New York Post
)
August 15
Group voices concern about proposed elk birth control
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Second kayaker descends upper falls at Johnston Canyon
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Safety of grizzlies along tracks priority for Airdrie woman
(
Airdrie Echo
)
August 15
New Banff Google map viewing up and running
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Golden looking towards Banff to solve staff shortages
(
Golden Star
)
August 15
Boathouse extension planned for Lake Minnewanka boat tours
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Banff Childcare Centre back in action
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Another book on Rocky Mountain wildflowers
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Banff Avenue reconstruction project recycling road materials
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Calgary man who assaulted bouncer released after 51 days in jail
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Calgary pub crawler fined $700 in Banff court
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Youth sentenced for starting Banff fire
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Allman offspring to perform rock music at Wild Bill's
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Red Deer shuts out stumbling Banff rugby women
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 15
Wild Bill’s keeper steals show against Canmore soccer team
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 14
Teen fined for Vermilion Lakes fire
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 14
Banff man slapped with $500 fine for wilderness blaze
(
Calgary Sun
)
August 14
$10 million house a tough sell
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 14
Fewer Japanese tourists travelling to Banff
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 14
AADAC running art workshops
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 14
Organic bins popular with residents
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 14
Banff hockey school to host college games
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 14
Women’s rugby season crumbling
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 13
Anton Kuerti wins Banff Centre's National Arts Award
(
CBC
)
August 11
Banff hosts culinary arts festival during September
(
Canada.com
)
August 11
Calgarians travel to small towns to see doctors
(
Calgary Herald
)
August 9
Banff plan strives to balance retail mix
(
Canada.com
)
August 9
Green light for $40 million building at Banff Centre
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Collisions closed Trans-Canada on long weekend
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Community plan leaves room for control of chain stores
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Wardens search for dead wildlife in wake of armed rafters
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Youngsters survive dunk in Kicking Horse River
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Housing corporation recycling construction waste
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Ruckin’ good fun in rugby event
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Mighty Popo performs August 15
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Artist Walter Odenthal going with the flow
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 9
Mountain Travel Symposium returns to Banff in 2010
(
Travel Video Television
)
August 9
Red Earth Spa provides “essence of Canada” treatment
(
Canada.com
)
August 7
Rafters arrested in armed takedown
(
Calgary Sun
)
August 7
Culture weekend to showcase local treasures
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 7
Drunken brawls spur jump in violent crime
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 7
Canadian icon Bruce Cockburn playing in Banff
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 7
Campers enjoy fire-ban-free Banff
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 7
Police take down armed rafter on Bow
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 7
Rugby tournament all about fun
(
Banff Crag and Canyon
)
August 1
Concerns arising from Banff Avenue reconstruction
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 1
Parks still looking for citizen scientists
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 1
Vandals destroy Legion property
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 1
Ted Hart to scale back Whyte Museum duties
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 1
Black bear cub killed on Trans-Canada
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
August 1
Berries are out: be bear aware
(
Rocky Mountain Outlook
)
