CivicPlus Names Winners of Extreme Website Makeover Contest
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
Shelby County, Ala. and the cities of Richfield, Wis.; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Durango, Colo.; Lima, Ohio and Banff, Alberta are among the grand prize winners that will join the more than 1000 communities that already benefit from CivicPlus eGovernment ...

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Outdoor enthusiasts warned of 'considerable' avalanche risk
Edmonton Journal
Avalanche risk alerts have been issued for areas within several national parks including Jasper, Banff, Yoho, Kootenay, Glacier and Waterton Lakes. Parks Canada warns of “considerable” risk of avalanche at the alpine elevations for the next two days in ...

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Canada looks to regain ground as tourism ranking drops
Vancouver Sun
Stuart Hart, director of sales and market development for Banff Lake Louise, said the Banff area has seen a jump in the number of Japanese tourists during the past year, even though the overall Canadian numbers may have dropped, because of Air Canada's ...

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Salt Lake City Weekly
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Salt Lake City Weekly
Similar to that period in late January when Sundance comes to roost here in Utah, Banff, Alberta, also has its nine days of film fever. For them, though, it happens in the fall, and the focus is not on indie credibility, but on the wide world of ...

Underexposed
Calgary Herald
Exposure 2012: Calgary Banff Canmore Photography Festival is the eighth annual, month-long celebration of photographic arts. Each February leading private and public galleries based in Calgary and the Bow Valley showcase photography from across the ...

Saddle up and head west this summer
Monroe News Star
So, I reckon, since you will be done with all that partying and you are already in that "neck of the woods," you cannot miss all that wonderful beauty and the tranquility of places like Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper nestled in those amazing mountains.

Take A Walk On The Wired Wild Side with “Bear 71″
Alternate Reality Gaming Network
A bear walks through the Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies and is ensnared in a trap where she is tranquilized, tagged, and collared with a GPS device. She has now become Bear 71, and joins a group of wired wildlife who document the ...

Banff gets $4.4 million for rec centre expansion
Journal of Commerce
Money from the Green Municipal Fund will help finance a LEED project in Banff, Alta. The Town of Banff is using $4.4 million in funding from the Green Municipal Fund loan and grant contributions towards a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ...

Movie making could net students a field trip
News Talk 980 CJME
Students from King George Community School in Saskatoon have entered a national contest that could win them a trip to Banff. The Grade 7/8 class spent months filming a three minute video titled, The Story of Grey Owl. "The challenge was to have a few ...

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Hurtig still beating the drum for Canada
Vancouver Courier
After a few anecdotes about bear encounters on Banff golf courses, the former Alberta resident launched into a tirade against the tar sands ("Thanks to industry propaganda it's now called the oil sands"). He followed with troubling factoids about the ...

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CBC.ca
Parks Canada contest glitches frustrate students
CBC.ca
Technical difficulties in online voting created some temporary problems for a Parks Canada contest and frustrations for some junior high school students hoping to win a trip to Banff. Emily Sibbick is worried people will get tired of having to revote.

Going out
Calgary Herald
Feb 25, Banff: Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival Special Screening. The Banff Centre is showcasing 2 award-winning films from the 2011 Festival including Grand Prize-winner &Best Film (Cold) and Best Feature-length Mountain Film (All.I.Can).

Trekking the Earth, Popcorn Included
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
Fear not Cornellians, for the Banff Mountain Film Festival is coming to Cornell and promises to provide a double shot of adrenaline this Friday night. The Banff Mountain Film Festival is among the better-known international film competitions in ...

Globe and Mail
Banff Festival Announces Larry King to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Broadcaster
The Banff World Media Festival today announced that Larry King will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd annual event, being held June 10-13, 2012. The Award recognizes an individual who has significantly enriched the world of ...
Larry King to get Banff laurelsGlobe and Mail
Larry King to be honoured at Banff World Media FestivalOttawa Citizen
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Yahoo!7 News
Shape up at Canada's ski boot camp
Yahoo!7 News
The trip would involve skiing and snowboarding at some of Canada's world class destinations - in the alpine paradise of Jasper, a small mountain town of just 5000 people, as well as Lake Louise and Banff. But the focus was on training and developing ...

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Marching through history
Banff Crag & Canyon
Shortly after their weapons go off, a canon — but they refer to it as just a gun — goes off in that general direction as well, leaving a trail of smoke in the Park Administration Grounds as shots continue to fire at Banff's neighbourhood.

CBC.ca
Council willing to look at business licence changes
Banff Crag & Canyon
By Larissa Barlow By Larissa Barlow Banff council is willing to look at a plan that would give a break to out of town photographers working in town. A group of wedding photographers and event planners spoke to council on Monday, Feb.
Photographers petition Banff to relax business licenceCBC.ca
Banff bylaw bothers photogsCTV.ca

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Banff hopeful with 2012 Alberta budget
Banff Crag & Canyon
9 by the provincial government, will see some immediate and long-term gains for the Town of Banff. “We really haven't had time to review all the implications, but for me the two things that have popped out that I am hopeful will affect Banff in a ...
Bow Valley sports briefsCanmore Leader

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Spring hockey champs
Banff Crag & Canyon
By Russ Ullyot By Russ Ullyot The Fairmont Banff Springs can add street hockey to its list of five-star accomplishments. The team of hotel employees stickhandled their way to the title in the inaugural Take It To The Street tournament to help wrap up a ...

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Junior B season wraps up
Banff Crag & Canyon
By Russ Ullyot By Russ Ullyot The Banff Hockey Academy saw one season come to an end this past weekend but there is still plenty of hockey left for its other three teams. The Junior B Bears wrapped up the Heritage Junior Hockey League season with a 9-2 ...

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