March 11th, 2015 ~ Vol. 85 No. 10
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Music Festival
Students from Horace Allen School performed songs from folklore, television and films during the Crowsnest Pass Music Festival on Monday, March 10th.
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A Place We Call Home
Pincher Creek homes are noticeably cheaper than similar properties in the Crowsnest Pass. What’s more, even accounting for population disparity, Crowsnest sees much more real estate activity than our neighbours to the east. It is only minutes to the east, so why the big difference? [...]
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Cake and solvency at museum’s annual general meeting
Financial statements distributed at the Crowsnest Historical Society’s annual general meeting show that total revenues totaled $322,697 in 2014, up $67,363 from last year.
This is good news for the museum’s [...]
This is good news for the museum’s [...]
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Previous Issues
AltaLink holds information night
AltaLink held another information session Feb. 25 in Blairmore to pitch its $500 million Castle Rock Ridge to Chapel Rock (CRRCR) project.
The feedback was generally negative.
AltaLink employees in blue jackets [...]
The feedback was generally negative.
AltaLink employees in blue jackets [...]
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Big Boys and the Alleghenies - Giants of a Bygone Era
Whatever working machines man creates it seems inevitable that someone has to build the biggest one ever. Push the laws of physics to their limits and come up with a monster that dwarfs all those that have come before it.
Bigger aircraft, draglines, trucks, boats, the list is endless and in some cases, [...]
Bigger aircraft, draglines, trucks, boats, the list is endless and in some cases, [...]
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Working for a Recreation Complex
MP John Barlow attended Wintervention’s silent auction, dinner and dance at Elks Hall Saturday night and met the Crowsnest CanDo working team
He spoke about [...]
He spoke about [...]
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A Q & A with a Castle Mountain random camper
They’ve been living in the bush since July but several weeks ago, Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) forestry officers and the RCMP ordered a group of random campers to leave their campsite South of Castle Mountain Resort for violating [...]
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Spardell Mobile Home Park residents fed up with sub-par service
From Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, a Sparwood mother and her three children were living without running water.
She made do transporting water jugs to a neighbour’s house, refilling them every couple days and taking her children down [...]
She made do transporting water jugs to a neighbour’s house, refilling them every couple days and taking her children down [...]
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Can Do proceeds with rec centre business plan despite huge financial shortfall
With council’s blessing the Crowsnest Can Do Cultural and Recreation Society is producing a business plan for what might someday become the Crowsnest Pass’ very own $27 million cultural and recreation centre.
But at a March 4 meeting, [...]
But at a March 4 meeting, [...]
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Junior Boys Basketball March Madness
The season for the Crowsnest Consolidated Panthers Junior A Boys basketball team has come to its conclusion. The team finished up the season at the 3J Zone Tournament in Claresholm on March 6 and 7. In the opening game [...]
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The Limitations of Canada’s Food Guide
Last year the Brazilian government introduced a new set of dietary guidelines that have garnered praise from nutrition and health experts around the globe. The guidelines are simple, [...]
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Who's Responsible
Work is the common theme that we all share. Unless you’re born rich, or win the lottery, there’s no escaping the fact that work is a pre-requisite to life. We all have to do it, and let’s be honest, [...]
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Lots of silliness at 2015 ‘CanDo’ Wintervention
It started with pancakes and ended with skiing but in between there was an unseasonable amount of silliness at the weekend’s dog day themed Wintervention.
Festivities began with a [...]
Festivities began with a [...]
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SPECIAL UPDATE
Cause of Frank derailment will take a year to determine: CP spokesperson
According to Transport Canada, 144 carloads of crude oil were shipped by rail in this country in 2009 but that figure increased to 127,925 in 2013.
Last week, 12 of those cars derailed in Frank, two of them [...]
Last week, 12 of those cars derailed in Frank, two of them [...]
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Gushul Studio to be designated municipal historic resource
The Gushul Studio and Cottage could soon be designated a municipal historic resource.
On Feb. 17, council passed a notification of intention to grant the Blairmore landmark historic status after [...]
On Feb. 17, council passed a notification of intention to grant the Blairmore landmark historic status after [...]
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Who are you anyways?
Ever since the dawn of conscious thought, or at least the introduction of Greek philosophy, man has been in an endless search to unlock the mysteries of our origin. Besides love, war and power, it is one of the most [...]
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CNP Music Festival update
The Crowsnest Pass Music Festival is pleased to announce the return of the festival, from March 9-13, 2015.
Adjudicator Adam Lefaivre will visit from Calgary to offer advice to budding guitarists, banjo players, mandolin players, and electric bassists.
For piano, bowed strings, orchestra, vocal and musical theatre, we are pleased to announce [...]
Adjudicator Adam Lefaivre will visit from Calgary to offer advice to budding guitarists, banjo players, mandolin players, and electric bassists.
For piano, bowed strings, orchestra, vocal and musical theatre, we are pleased to announce [...]
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