The Grassy Mountain Coal Project took a mini step forward July 21, when council gave conditional approval to locate the coal loading facility for the proposed mine on the [...]

Yvonne Martinez is sometimes asked why she likes painting birds.
“If somebody painted flowers, would they be asked why they paint flowers?” she rhetorically asked over coffee at the Stone’s Throw Cafe. “It goes without saying that [...]

On July 20 at around 10 p.m., a masked robber entered the Best Canadian Motor Inn in Coleman and made off with [...]

After three years serving the community, Community Peace Officer Vincent Duguay will be leaving the Pass and joining the RCMP.
“I’ve been here since the program started,” he said. “I’ve met [...]

In the lead up to the war in Iraq Condoleezza Rice said, “We need a common enemy to unite us.”
Those words rang true last week when eighteen volunteers from a coalition of local organizations met along the [...]

Like an emergency services version of Paul Henderson, a former member of the Blairmore Fire Department has helped beat out the Ruskies to win a gold medal at the World Police and Fire Games in Fairfax County, West Virginia.
On Canada Day, Calgary’s firefighter hockey team and [...]

By the end of the summer, Hillcrest will have its own fire station since a bitter restructuring of the Pass’ emergency services saw the firing of a longtime fire chief, the resignation of dozens of volunteer firefighters and its closure.
Interim fire chief Curtis Stevens said [...]

Rose Sage, your friendly neighbourhood mail carrier, has many fond memories of working for Canada Post.
Like back during the height of the 2001 anthrax attacks when it looked like the Blairmore Post Office had become [...]

Chocolate chips met bacon with delicious results at the Taste of Crowsnest food festival on July 16.
“The girls at the cafe thought I must be pregnant to come up with such a crazy combination, bacon and chocolate chips,” said Jessica Atkinson, co-owner of the Stone’s Throw Cafe. “But I’m not. It just seemed to me that

When first I heard about code-talkers years ago I thought it to be an amazing concept, one of utilizing obscure languages to help in war time radio communications. I recall the big brouhaha about the movie Windtalkers which starred [...]