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