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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for October 2008
October 31Vail overtakes Banff as most expensive destination for UK skiers  (PR Web )
October 30Grizzly versus snail  (Fast Forward )
October 30Experts team up to provide early avalanche warnings  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Festivals bringing the world back to Banff  (Canada.com )
October 30National Arts Centre Octet coming to Banff Centre  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Paid parking, parkade back on table  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Parks targets another 1,500 beetle infested trees  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Town of Banff heralds marketing success  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Zeb Hogan to hook audience with big fish  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 302008 Mountain Idol finalists announced  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Alberta ski industry looks closer to home  (Canada.com )
October 30Alpine Canada introduces largest team in its history  (Ski Racing )
October 30Banff to lead in tourism plan, minister says  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Bruce Cockburn returns to humanity of the Himalayas  (Canada.com )
October 30New trail would link Spray, Elk Valleys  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 30Banff drinking water given green light  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 28Banff wins two Alberta Tourism Awards  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Water worries quelled  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Council increases YWCA grants  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28EMS funding could be an issue  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Ungulate killed to protect primates  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Trans Canada Trail gap closing  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Town Council sets priorities for 2009  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Hiker suffers apparent heart attack on Sulphur Mountain  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Town committee members announced by council  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Town council schedules evening meetings  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Bow Valley Naturalists work to protect environment  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 28Book gives quirky look at the Rockies  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 27Alpine skier's uphill climb [Renner and Grandi]  (Globe and Mail )
October 27Easthampton burning?  (Clusterfuck Nation )
October 26Parks Canada in “post turkey dinner” lethargy, says consultant  (Metro News )
October 25Green light for Trans Canada trail from Banff to Fernie  (Calgary Sun )
October 2451 “Facts” about homeopathy  (Science-based Medicine )
October 23Banff treatment plant pumps sewage into Bow River  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 23Alberta Environment checking Banff's water  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 23Canmore to Banff bike trail estimated at $11 million  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 23Charlie Locke buys back control of Lake Louise  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 23Local talent among Mountain Film Festival finalists  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 23More seekers, fewer spots at ski hill job fair  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 23YWCA filling critical housing need in community  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 22NDP calls for Tarchuk’s resignation as child and youth minister  (CBC )
October 22Commuter trains to connect Banff and Calgary?  (Cochrane Times )
October 21Cockburn, Herzog films coming to Mountain Film Festival  (Calgary Herald )
October 21Share the road symbols might boost biking in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21YWCA’s affordable housing praised  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21Magazine names Bison owner “Restaurateur of the Year”  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21Sid Marty finalist in Governor General’s awards  (Edmonton Journal )
October 21Status sought for historical cabin  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21Torontonians vie to be Banff’s “Next Top Model”  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21“Banff Live” party cost $121,000  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21Credit crisis hits Whistler-Blackcomb owners  (CBC )
October 21Acts of Green starts October 22  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21Moraine Lake Road closed for tree thinning  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 21Puncturing the acupuncture myth  (Science-based Medicine )
October 20What now?  (Clusterfuck Nation )
October 20Alberta diesel shortage leads to spike in fuel theft  (CBC )
October 20Carpooling program getting into gear  (Canmore Leader )
October 20Safer bike routes get more people riding  (Streetsblog )
October 18Wall Street banks in $70 blllion staff payout  (Guardian (U.K.) )
October 17Brewsters awarded for recycling at Columbia Icefield  (Business Wire )
October 16Road to perdition: Yet another atrocity in Afghanistan  (Empire Burlesque )
October 16Taxpayers fork out $121,000 for “Banff Live”  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 16Small businesses give “Banff Live” poor rating  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 16Parks removes memorial to killed cyclist  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 16Car wash facility for Banff approved  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 16Housing Corporation recommends funding YWCA  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 16Wild Rose stuck with the Conservatives  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 16Officials to seek MP Richards’s attention  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 15Moraine Lake Road closed to allow log hauling for firebreak  (Parks Canada )
October 15Moraine Lake Highline Trail closed for logging  (Parks Canada )
October 15Rookie Richards blooms for Tories in Wild Rose  (Canada.com )
October 14Richards wins Wild Rose with 73%  (CBC )
October 14Vote today  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Photographers featured at Whyte  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14RCMP serious about seatbelts  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Lake Louise goes dark to ensure warm winter  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Seven resorts looking to hire  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Ten young athletes in running for Idol  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Carpooling getting into gear  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Sunshine expanding popular terrain park  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Highway twinning scheduled to be complete in two years  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14RCMP wants end to four-way stop at Lake Louise  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14RCMP searching for missing woman  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Lake Louise ponders website  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Stay safe by following the rules when cycling  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Lake Louise on World Cup schedule four more years  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 14Donors come through for Commmunity Foundation  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 13Thinking anew about a migratory barrier: Roads  (New York Times )
October 13Not enough money in the world: Monster in the meltdown closet  (Empire Burlesque )
October 12The god that failed: The 30-year lie of the market cult  (Empire Burlesque )
October 8Small Business Association gives “Banff Live” low rating  (Small Business Association of Banff )
October 7Wild Rose candidates  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Candidates debate in Lake Louise  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Woman missing in Banff  (Edmonton Sun )
October 7Rappelling problem possible in fatal fall  (Calgary Sun )
October 7Cyclists do Minnewanka loop for climate change  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Alberta’s tourism industry hangs out a vacancy sign  (Canada.com )
October 7Travel and tourism awards to be presented in Banff  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Seeking ideas for heritage tourism  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7The Bay donates to Whyte Museum  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Treed bear goes free  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Free meal program needs volunteers  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Unwanted items in town pickup run the gamut  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Vacancies on Banff municipal boards  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Upper Hot Springs closing for repairs  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 7Affordable housing costs the YWCA  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 6Climber dies in fall near Lake Louise  (CBC )
October 5U.S. loses war against the people of Afghanistan  (Empire Burlesque )
October 4Candidates vow to balance growth, environment  (Canada.com )
October 4Former Banff resident honoured for protecting world’s parks  (Canada News Wire )
October 3Edwards sells off part of Lake Louis ski resort  (Canada.com )
October 2Provincial grizzly count worries expert  (Canada.com )
October 2Black bear destroyed  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Parks wants crab apples gone  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Renner, Grandi plan ride to raise awareness of climate change  (Calgary Sun )
October 2Banff, Lake Louise score awards in ski guide  (Easier Travel )
October 2Long-time warden working on centennial celebration  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Parks pondering new recreational activities  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Banff seeking cost estimates for housing  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Regional transit estimated to cost $8.5 million  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Liberals face tough times in Conservative stronghold  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Candidates comment on evolution, crime, war  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Libertarian enters race despite conviction  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Governments not protecting wildlife: survey  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 2Posters target young partiers  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
October 1Parks issues smoke advisory for October 1-2  (Parks Canada )
October 1Regional transit will cost before it saves  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 1Special events drew crowds  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 1Visitors to townsite will find the new wayfinding easier  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 1Candidates debate in Banff on October 8  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 1Garbage bear destroyed  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
October 1Late start for Libertarian candidate  (Banff Crag and Canyon )

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