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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for March 2008
March 31Calgary ice climber loses grip in fatal Yoho plunge  (CBC )
March 30Extreme, eclectic travel in the Canadian Rockies  (ABC News )
March 30Ice climber dies in fall from Mount Dennis in Yoho  (Canada.com )
March 29Town allots $100k for music to mark Banff Ave reconstruction  (Canada.com )
March 28Parks Canada launching bear tracking website  (Calgary Herald )
March 28CP derailment dumps potash near Lake O’Hara  (Calgary Sun )
March 27Feds grant Banff $410,000 towards public transit  (Transport Canada )
March 26Conrad Kain centennial celebrations launched in Invermere  (Pique Newsmagazine )
March 26Pepper spray very effective in deterring bears  (Science Blog )
March 25Artist sees beauty in landscapes  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25Building approved for switch to condos  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25Canada’s oldest ski race back in Banff for 42nd year  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25First bear of the year spotted  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25Fleet shop approved for industrial compound  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25Los Lobos plays Banff Centre Sunday  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25Man rescued at Sunshine Village  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25More races approved for summer bike fest  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 25Parks Canada drops elk sterilization plan  (National Post )
March 25Plan for dragon-boat race at Minnewanka draws fire  (Canada.com )
March 25Ski patrol revives man injured at Sunshine  (Canada.com )
March 25Stutz defends his slalom title at the Canadian ski championships  (Slam Sports (Canoe) )
March 25The art of wildlife tracking  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 23Banff’s composting program on a roll  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 23Banff councillor picked to work with Gore  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 23New fleet shop planned for Town  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 23Parks strike feared  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 23Banff airstrip to remain open for emergencies  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 23Bike race proposed for Park  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 18Bicycle race scheduled for June in Banff  (Travel Video Television )
March 17Dragon boat festival looks to Banff after losing license in Calgary  (Calgary Sun )
March 16Widmer, Kuhn kick off event with team sprint title  (National Post )
March 16World’s glaciers melting faster  (Wired )
March 16Dragon boats proposed for Lake Minnewanka  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16Elk sterilization plan now unlikely  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16Province says wolf sterilization program not a done deal  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16EMS seeks staff at Lake Louise  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16Move could affect Painter Residence heritage status  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16Town moves forward on recretion centre study  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16Fines for trespassing in snail caves  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16CRPS first BioFleet member in Alberta  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 16Artist finds luminosity of watercolours addicting  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 15Banff airstrip reopening upsets conservationists  (Canada.com )
March 15Banff, Whistler make top 10 list for ski prices  (Globe and Mail )
March 15Parks Canada officials warned to expect strike  (Canada.com )
March 14Banff airstrip won’t be decommissioned; emergency landing only  (Government of Canada )
March 13Banff Centre receives donation of $150,000 from TD Canada  (Canada News Wire )
March 13Banff ski passes runner-up to world’s most expensive  (CBC )
March 12Computer teams from around the world to battle in Banff  (CBC )
March 12No decision yet on handguns for wardens, Parks Canada says  (CBC )
March 12Parent Link gets boost from province  (Canmore Leader )
March 12Tarchuk retains Children and Youth Services portfolio  (Government of Alberta )
March 11Consultant to analyze structure of Recreation Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 11Parks removing pine beetle trees  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 11Homeopathic drugs found in drinking water  (Skeptico )
March 11Spring skiing in Banff costs more than in Vail  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 11Man fined for disturbance at Lake Louise  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 11Sather family donates home to Banff Centre  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 11Research could end in wolf kill  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 8Voter apathy abounds in Bow Valley  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Tarchuk sweeps to victory on Cochrane votes  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Banff, Canmore move closer to gaining resort status  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Communication slammed at fire workshop  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Benefits of beavers outweigh their bother  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Skier survives Bow Summit avalanche  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Norquay to host telemark-only event March 16  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Woman's Art Show featured at library  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Judge orders AA sentence in “bizarre” attack case  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Wolves to be killed to improve elk hunt  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 8Heritage house moving to make way for mansion  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 7Sather’s historic Banff home too small, so out it goes  (Edmonton Journal )
March 6Banff Centre scores historic house from legendary hockey coach  (CBC )
March 6Proposed Alberta wolf cull slammed  (United Press International )
March 6U of A study will kill, sterilize wolves  (Canada.com )
March 6Edmonton exhibition explores women’s history in Rockies  (Edmonton Journal )
March 6Park wardens will get guns, says MP  (Calgary Herald )
March 6Ski hill hosts with the most  (Calgary Sun )
March 4Another term for Tarchuk  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 4Banff’s waste water quality has improved  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 4Car chase ends with RCMP drawing guns  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 4Myron says money on the way for wardens’ guns  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 4Parks approves Chateau treatment plant application  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
March 4Tarchuk wins Banff-Cochrane with 49% of the vote  (Digital Banff news service )
March 2Chandra Crawford wins World Cup sprint event  (CBC )
March 2Tatum Monod second in Pontiac GMC Cup skiing event  (Slam Sports (Canoe) )
March 2Beauty hits its peak in Banff [travel]  (Star-Telegram [Texas] )
March 2Mountains, lakes, skiing all found in beautiful Banff [travel]  (Palm Beack [Florida] Daily News )
March 1Residents complain of dangerous crossings on Banff Avenue  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Tourism industry protesting burns  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Plan calls for protection of Bow River watershed  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Federal budget could get highway twinned  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Candidates field Bow Valley questions  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1More money needed for transit boxes  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Bighorn sheep makes extraordinary journey  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Wolves taking it easy on elk in Bow Valley  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Banff Centre offering “indie” band residency  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Parks approves funding for Lands Adjacent to the Town project  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Quitzau trio to play Greenham Wednesday  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
March 1Visitor from Texas finds Banff “the cleanest city I have ever seen”  (Galveston [Texas] Daily News )

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