Serious head injuries at camp
STARS personnel wheel in a young girl to Alberta Children’s Hospital yesterday. Calling fellow students in for lunch resulted in an 11-year-old girl suffering serious head injuries, as the Kananaskis camp bell …
Archive for May, 2008
Metal bell falls on Calgary girl
By Justin Brisbane justin@canmoreleader.com Wednesday May 28, 2008 An 11-year old girl suffered a head wound after a large metal lunch bell fell on her head during a school trip at the YMCA Camp Chief Hector …
Mr. Mark makes music
Sidney elementary students learn the lure of the Fab Four Sidney elementary students will take the stage by storm with Beatles by the Bay on May 31.
Dear Diary: Autumn Kelly’s week
May 24, 2008, 6:25 AM by Kelly McParland dear diary Montreal’s Autumn Kelly married into Britain’s Royal Family a week ago, and quickly discovered it isn’t all castles and fawning servants.
Overcrowding, cost of living reasons to leave Banff/Canmore
If you moved to the Valley to re-invent yourself as a mountain person, you’ll leave when you realize you can’t get ahead - and because you’re frustrated by overcrowding.
Stage West bucks the trends
In this age of generic no-frills hotels with entertainment often restricted to a singer, a guitar and a microphone in a single lounge, Stage West continues to buck the trends.
Beating victim happy with ruling
A woman choked to unconsciousness and beaten by her ex-boyfriend is relieved to know the man will be going back to jail. via CTV Calgary
Strangers come together
“Everything revolved around food or coffee”
They came from points near. They came from points far. They came to honour a man many had likely never met. via Calgary Herald
Finding
Reliable, world-class Rockies climbs make the best of a short season ERIK BEUKER / erik@vueweekly.com School is out and summer is in. via Vue Weekly
Council changes fleet purchase plan
By Justin Brisbane Justin@canmoreleader.com A change to the town’s fleet purchase plan will save $50,000, according to Andreas Comeau, acting senior manager of Public Works. via Canmore Leader
Wage increase for mayor and council barely passes
“We wanted to make the point that they could come in and be heard and rather than wait to get it done we got it over with now.”
A special council meeting was requested last Wednesday to review the mayor and council wages. via Strathmore Standard
Get the Liquid Truth
The Cochrane Environmental Action Committee is inviting everyone from Cochrane and area to check out ‘Liquid Truth’ on Monday, May 12. via Cochrane Times
Resort town’s carbon offsets criticized
“I’ve become very negative about carbon neutrality, and it’s because of offsets”
Both Whistler and British Columbia have been prominent in the discussion about reducing planet-warming greenhouse gases. via Vail Daily News
Parks Canada reviewing no-gun policy
“We are examining our existing policy because of an increasing presence of polar bears, more so than in the past.”
Arctic adventurer and writer Jerry Kobalenko is usually happy to see wildlife on his excursions, but his most recent trip to Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve on Labrador’s northern tip offered more than … via The Globe and Mail
Rapist wanted ‘to teach her a lesson’
“I do not accept his evidence because it runs contrary to the very nature of the acts he admitted to”
The brutal rape of a Canmore woman by her ex-boyfriend — a fugitive on the lam from the U.S. — wasn’t a spontaneous assault, a judge ruled yesterday. via Canoe
ALBERTA, CANADA: MAY 2
CALGARY: Bellstar Hotels & Resorts celebrated its fifth birthday on May 1st, 2008. via Street Talk
