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The online archives of Banff, Alberta, Canada
News for December 2009
December 30Avalanche rescue radar can find objects buried 15 metres  (Wired )
December 30Geo software aims to avoid ski resort eco-disasters  (New Scientist )
December 30Avalanche risk warning issued in western parks  (Canada.com )
December 29Balance of Terror: From Detroit City to Ghazi Khan  (Empire Burlesque )
December 28B.C. ice climbers survive close call  (Calgary Herald )
December 25AMA puts up mountain traffic cams at Sunshine, Lake Louise  (CHQR )
December 25Parks Canada, CP Rail trying to reduce deaths of grizzlies  (Toronto Sun )
December 22Bow Valley bird population remaining stable  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Pine beetles thumb noses at cold snap  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 22Small Business Association launches campaign to buy locally  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Sunshine receives green light for Strawberry lift  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 22Norquay opens new tubing park  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Parks management plan review extended to January  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 22Permits renewed for home occupations  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Single-detached house could be permitted on Beaver Street  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Stefan Kuhn qualifies for Olympics  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 22Gaiazova qualifies for Olympics  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Housing Corp gets approval for Peyto Place condos  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Town council passes second reading of land use bylaw  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Be prepared for winter driving  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 22Concerns arise over Lake Louise business license  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Lake Louise Memorandum of Understanding debated  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Banff Heritage Tourism looking to expand more into Lake Louise  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 22Nestor prescribed burn to take backseat to proposed projects  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 21Parks doing avalanche control on Bourgeau Slide paths today  (Parks Canada )
December 18No fatalities despite growing avalanche risk  (Calgary Sun )
December 17Fourth moose killed in the mountain parks  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Peyto Place subdivision approved  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Plan proposes changes to wilderness areas  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Regional land use plan hits the road  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Sunshine appeal rescheduled to March 4  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Valley charities facing hamper shortages  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Albertans urged to become engaged in water use  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Bow Valley College surveying education, labour needs  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 17Extinction rising in Canada  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 16B.C. parks said to be littered with garbage, human feces  (Calgary Herald )
December 15Banff National Park management plan getting attention  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 15Council still debating first phase of Land Use Bylaw  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 15Safe staff program offered by taxi company  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 15Santa’s Anonymous in desperate need  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 15The one true cause of all disease  (Science-based Medicine )
December 15Miraculous organ: Blair, Obama and the narcissist’s defense  (Empire Burlesque )
December 14Parks issues dog prohibition on ski trails near Banff  (Parks Canada )
December 14Widmer, Gaiazova win races at NorAm cross-country meet  (New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal )
December 13Avalanche danger predicted to rise with warmer weather  (Calgary Sun )
December 11Missing Banff teens found  (Vancouver Sun )
December 10Two Banff teens reported missing  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 10Banff-Canmore Christmas bird count in 35th year  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Parks Canada launches safety website  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Banff’s budget passes; taxes up 3.1 per cent  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Call to layoff municipal staff fails  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Banff scraps bus route  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9Cascade House officially open  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 9China grants Canada approved destination status  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 8Budget passed, taxes to increase by 3.1 per cent  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 8Hotels feel the economic crunch  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 8Small Business Association asks town to make cuts  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 8Bow Valley conductor, guitarist John Goulart releases recording  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 4Bow Valley Chorus Christmas concerts this weekend  (Canmore Leader )
December 4China boosts Alberta tourism  (Calgary Herald )
December 3Experts say time is right for caribou re-introduction  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Parks Canada extends public input period for management plan  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Three moose killed in parks  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Banff adopts new hiring practice  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Banff looks at tax hike to cover rising costs  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Banff’s fireworks budget cut by $5,000  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Banff’s wages and benefits investigated  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Karlos suggests new budget process  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Small Business Association asks for 2010 tax cut  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Art committee seeks additional funding  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 3Banff triathlon opens registration  (Rocky Mountain Outlook )
December 2A death warrant for the future  (Empire Burlesque )
December 2Bow Valley real estate sales show recovery in November  (Live the Rockies Life )
December 1Canada is to climate what Japan is to whaling  (Guardian (U.K.) )
December 1Obama’s Afghanistan surge foreseen  (Once Upon A Time… )
December 1Registration now open for Banff triathlon  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Banff poet Charles Noble releases retrospective  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Town institutes freeze, hiring at management discretion  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Changes possible to town’s budget process  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Council rejects request to waive subdivision fees  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Final decision coming on sidewalk cafes  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Small Business Association asking for no tax increase  (Banff Crag and Canyon )
December 1Town approves some grants to local organizations  (Banff Crag and Canyon )

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