Friends Of Banff Park Radio Podcasts
Radio Programs from Banff's Very Own Park Radio 101.1fm

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This week, Camara speaks with Larissa Barlow editor of the Banff Crag and Canyon about Japan fundraisers, plus an update about the YWCA's Women's Shelter possibly closing and much more. 


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A discussion with Larissa Barlow, Editor of the Banff Crag and Canyon. This week some controversial subjects including the possible closing of the Banff woman's shelter and the Town of Banff getting a Parks Canada garbage contract. 


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In this week's Mountain View, Frank Slyde shares his thoughts on nuclear energy and Japan's tragic recent events.

A Mountain View airs Saturday mornings around 8:15.

Direct download: A_Mountain_View_-_March_19_11.mp3
Category:Affecting You -- posted at: 3:00 PM

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Salmon fisher and elder in the tiny First Nations community of Port Lostcoast, Archie Ravenwing has gone missing and is presumed drowned in a storm in the Broughton Archipelago. Cole Blackwater  heads to his memorial, and while he’s there they discover Archie’s boat, and suddenly everything isn’t as it seemed. Was Archie murdered? And what does his death have to do with the local fish-farming industry?

Author Stephen Legault talks with Alpine Author’s host Allan Buckingham about ‘The Darkening Archipelago’ and his desire to create mystery books with an environmental theme.

 This is the third book being featured in the run up to En Vino Novellus, March 20th. Find out more about En Vino Novellus at: http://www.vino-novellus.com/

For more on Stephen Legault visit: http://www.stephenlegault.com/

 


A panel discussion with Corrie DiManno, photojournalist with the Banff Crag and Canyon, and Hamish MacLean, editor of the Canmore Leader. This week, we are talking about the Land Use Bylaw reviews in Banff and Canmore. We also discuss the For Sale signs on Wild Bill's and the Canmore Hotel.

The discussion airs Sunday morning around 8:45.

Direct download: Panel_Discussion_-_March_13_11.mp3
Category:Affecting You -- posted at: 3:00 PM

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In this week's Mountain View, Frank Slyde shares his thoughts on the declining number of tourists in Banff and how that's affecting local businesses.

A Mountain View airs Saturday mornings around 8:15.

Direct download: A_Mountain_View_-_March_12_11.mp3
Category:Affecting You -- posted at: 4:00 PM

Michelle gets the chance to speak with Ken Green about Lower Fort Gary National Park and Norm Cool, senior conservation biologist with Elk Island National Park talk about heading to Russia with 30 wood bison in tow.

Direct download: Off_the_Beaten_Track_-_March_9_11.mp3
Category:Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 3:30 AM

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What happens when some pot smoking ski-bums, some snow-shoeing hippies, a real estate developer and his pregnant wife, plus a few other folks show up in a back country cabin in BC's Rocky Mountains? One pretty exciting story. In this second book being featured in the run up to En Vino Novellus, March 20th, Alpine Authors host Allan Buckingham talks with the author of the Canterbury Trail, Angie Abdou. 

Find out more about En Vino Novellus at: http://www.vino-novellus.com/

Find out more about Angie Abdou: http://www.abdou.ca/

Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Angie_Abdou-_The_Canterbury_Trail.mp3
Category:Alpine Authors -- posted at: 3:00 AM

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The Bow Valley Naturalists are programming a series this year focussing on what are known as High Elevation Localized Species (HELS).

David Hik, renowned biologist in the department of biological sciences at the University of Alberta, was the first to speak to the crowd about this topic. He shared the results of his long-term research project on collared pikas and hoary marmots in the Yukon.

Direct download: On_Tape_David_Hik_Alpine_Herbivores_in_a_Warming_Climate.mp3
Category:On Tape -- posted at: 3:00 AM

A panel discussion with Corrie DiManno, photojournalist with the Banff Crag and Canyon, and Hamish MacLean, editor of the Canmore Leader. This week, we are talking about the interesting events taking place in the next couple of weeks that makes our community so unique.

The discussion airs Sunday morning around 8:45.

Direct download: Panel_Discussion_-_March_6_11.mp3
Category:Affecting You -- posted at: 4:00 PM