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| The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
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News for April 2008
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| April 30 | Global warming expert raises concerns for tourism industry (Yahoo! ) |
| April 29 | Town paying $883,000 for new parking lot (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Dragon boat race going ahead on Minnewanka in August (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Canada Post commissions local designer for stamps (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Planned pedestrian bridge prone to collapse (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Heidi Widmer joins junior national cross-country ski team (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Phil Widmer named to national ski team for fifth year (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Disappointing showing for young climbers at regionals (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Armed, drunk, speeding driver fined $4,600 (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 29 | Police taser aggressive bar patron (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 28 | Alberta suspends grizzly hunt again (Globe and Mail ) |
| April 27 | Ancient Douglas firs being lost to beetles (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Banff Bike Fest expected to attract thousands in June (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Banff eyes sidewalk cafés (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Banff painter gets career-boosting move (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Banff to enlist Jasper's help in land rent battle (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | BCHS students make their point (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Big blue boxes tested in Banff (Canada.com ) |
| April 27 | Drunken frolic costs Banff girls $500 each (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Locals recreate historic ski touring journey (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 27 | Sports giant pulls plug on Banff store (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 26 | Whyte Museum exhibition on Luxtons opens tonight (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 26 | RCMP-trained canine has a nose for helping people (Canada.com ) |
| April 25 | Town solicits input on sidewalk seating policy (Town of Banff ) |
| April 24 | Sather house relocation requires felling of 120 trees (Canada.com ) |
| April 24 | Wintry spring equals great skiing (Canada.com ) |
| April 23 | Snowboarder dies at Lake Louise (Globe and Mail ) |
| April 23 | Snowboarder falls 50 metres off cliff (Canada.com ) |
| April 22 | Hepatitis scare turns out to be false alarm (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 22 | New look coming for skateboard park (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 22 | Parks introduces new guiding standards (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 22 | Pedestrian bridge plan back to the drawing board (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 22 | Snowboarder injured at Lake Louise (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 22 | Stutz dethrones Grandi as Bozo Cup champ (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 21 | Area highways in rough shape (CHQR ) |
| April 21 | Bus wrap costs growing (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 21 | Parks relaxes guiding rules for 2008 (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 21 | Pedestrian bridge design called unsafe (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 21 | Town of Banff purchasing policy under scrutiny (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 21 | Unusual wildlife caught on camera (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 19 | The mountain resort with the “best food in the Americas” (Canada.com ) |
| April 19 | Police name nanny killed by falling tree (Canada.com ) |
| April 18 | Snowfall warning issued (Canada.com ) |
| April 18 | Parasite raises caution flag for Banff elk (Canada.com ) |
| April 18 | Protecting the peaks (Canada.com ) |
| April 17 | Skiers go head to head at Bozo Cup for points, charity (Canada.com ) |
| April 16 | Parks warns of avalanche danger on Lake Louise trails (Parks Canada ) |
| April 16 | Sulphur Mountain trail threatened by avalanches (Parks Canada ) |
| April 15 | Airport re-listing outrageous: Green Party (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | Banff climbers heading to regionals (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | Falling tree kills woman at Springs (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | Man must pay back $10,000 (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | More cash for transit project (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | Parks, union to resume bargaining (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | Site claims Banff is “truly green and ready for Earth Day” (Travel Video Television ) |
| April 15 | True cost of a paper (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 15 | “Old World” village to rise in Canmore (Canada.com ) |
| April 14 | Woman critically injured by falling tree (Canada.com ) |
| April 14 | Woman dies after being hit by tree in Banff (Canada.com ) |
| April 13 | Sid Marty’s cross to bear [The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek] (Calgary Sun ) |
| April 13 | When bears and humans collide [The Black Grizzly… ] (Canada.com ) |
| April 12 | Banff Centre receives $1M funding for artists (Canada.com ) |
| April 12 | Hibernating grizzlies emerge early from dens (Canada.com ) |
| April 12 | Name sought for new Minnewanka cruiser (Canada.com ) |
| April 11 | Russian students win “Battle of the Brains” in Banff (IBM ) |
| April 9 | Banff’s airport war persists (Calgary Sun ) |
| April 8 | Paraplegic motorist robbed at gunpoint (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 8 | Purse snatcher to spend four more months in jail (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 8 | Married man guilty of assaulting woman (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 8 | Man evades weapon charge (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 8 | Twinning cash coming soon: MP (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 7 | Parks planning fires to enhance Carrot Creek fuel break (Parks Canada ) |
| April 6 | Parks seeks to plug loophole in town bylaws (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 6 | Mayor Stutz to sell Banff in China (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 6 | Banff considering enormous blue box program (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 6 | Banff Sports Hall of Fame accepting nominations (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 6 | Golf, photography, Banff makes for a winning mix (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 6 | Parks website to report bear movements (Rocky Mountain Outlook ) |
| April 6 | Sid Marty launches book on Whiskey Creek grizzly on Thursday (Canada.com ) |
| April 5 | Provincial grizzly rescue plan under fire (Calgary Herald ) |
| April 4 | Plans afoot to twin Trans-Canada from Castle to Lake Louise (Canada.com ) |
| April 4 | Sole Banff independent bookstore for sale (Quill&Quire ) |
| April 1 | Judge denies Parks’ appeal on lawyer’s office location (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Train derails near Lake O’Hara (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Town puts $100k towards Banff Avenue concert (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Man fined $600 for stealing gas (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Psychiatric assessment for man accused of car theft (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Ice climber killed in Yoho (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Banff Ski Runners grab medals (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Good times in the spirit of Bruno Engler (Banff Crag and Canyon ) |
| April 1 | Collegiate computer geniuses gather for “battle of the brains” (Red Orbit ) |
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