1 Coal mining soon moved a few miles east of Banff to Canmore where the coal mine operated for 80 years. 2  The Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta was also developed as a coal mining centre to supply coal to CPR.3  A similar role was established in west-central Alberta for an area known as the Coal Branch. Some of the earliest mining in Alberta was within what is now Banff National Park. 2  Coal was mined at Bankhead, a community just a few miles east of Banff townsite, to supply the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Definitions for shant. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word shant. Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Origin: This came briefly into use at the end of the eighteenth century. It is not an older form of the contraction, though, as shan't predates it in print by about a century. (Source: World Wide Words )
Scant is an adjective that means a tiny amount, like your scant attendance at practice this week that results in being benched from the big game. Scant is also a verb, that means to supply sparingly â don't scant with the brownies, or I will keep asking for more. Scant also means to deal with inadequately or carelessly.. When you scant the reports on homelessness, they are so superficial on data that they don't reflect the real problem.