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- Hillcrest Fire Hall
  back in business
- A heritiage weekend
  of festivities
- Culture Days at Frank
  Slide
- M is for Music
- If Its Black…
- RCMP Stats
- Classifieds
- Puzzle Page
- Terry Fox Walk
- Hillcrest fire hall
  once again open and
  ready
- Amazing Teens
- Ruth’s Review
- Local to monetize
  social media with
  exciting new business
  model
- Question of the Week
- Supermoon total
  eclipse
- Servus welcomes new
  branch manager with
  open house
- Looking Back
- Air Cadets remember
  fallen officer
- Eight-year-old
  donates birthday cash
  to Bear Smart
- Letters to the Editor
- Bricks & Boquets
- Artists hold open
  house at Gushul’s
- NDP, MLA, mayor and
  councillors on
  protecting the Castle
- Memories Harvested

UPDATE

Blanchette family hopes Derek Saretzky recovers from apparent suicide attempt

With the CBC reporting that Derek Saretzky is awake and talking to medical staff at a Lethbridge Regional Hospita intensive care unit, the Blanchette family is hoping he [...]

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Hillcrest Fire Hall back in business

On Sept. 28, after months of preparation, the Hillcrest fire hall was officially reopened in front of a small crowd of local officials, volunteers and fire/rescue personnel. “The Hillcrest fire has served this community for many years,” said Mayor Blair Painter.

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Crowsnest Pass Weather

Hillcrest fire hall once again open and ready

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Crowsnest native seeks to monetize social media with exciting new business model

A tweet is free.
But not if Crowsnest Consolidated High School (CCHS) graduate of 2010 Matt Heisie has anything to say about it.
The 23-year old Crowsnest native is aiming to

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Supermoon total eclipse

On Sunday September 27th you may have been lucky enough to look at the east sky and see a bright blood red moon. Many people gathered outside to witness the once in a generation event with [...]

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Servus welcomes new branch manager with open house

Servus Credit Union welcomed its new branch manager Friday with an open house and a Boys and Girls Club barbecue.
“We thought that instead of [...]

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NDP, MLA, mayor and councillors on protecting the Castle

The NDP, the mayor, several councillors and our MLA are all weighing in on the province’s plan to protect the Castle Wilderness Area with the creation of two new parks.
The NDP: public consultation and jobs
The government is [...]

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A Nightmare at Mount Sorrel

According to the Canadian Military Engineering Museum the origin of the term ‘sapper” lies in the French word "sape," meaning undermine and the Middle French word "sap" that was a spade or a hoe. It seems that in medieval times [...]

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Previous Issues

Shooting the breeze with one of Canada’s best pistol shooters

Over a week of competition at the Canadian National Pistol Championships held in Camrose, Alta. in August, Crowsnest resident Kai Eckardt won six individual medals, a [...]

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The brightest celebrated at Crowsnest Consolidated

The Crowsnest Consolidated High School celebrated the academic accomplishments of its students on Thursday, September 17.
Principal Wes Wescott began the awards noting that [...]

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Communities across the country show support for Hailey and Terry

While wiping down tables and serving food and drinks to hundreds of bikers at Pure Country Saloon in Frank, Alta. on Saturday, Crowsnest resident Val Slapak explained why she was volunteering as a waitress: she couldn’t stay at home knowing people were [...]

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RCMP Major Crime Unit remains in community

Members from the RCMP Major Crime Unit are still in the community conducting investigations into the killings of both Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, her father Terry Blanchette and Hanne Meketech.
“We’re checking in with [...]

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High school golf team takes second at tournament

Like the Pass’ very own Happy Gilmore, local youth Justice Stella, 15, won the [...]

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RCMP probe possible connection between Blairmore murders and Coleman homicide

CALGARY – RCMP investigating the murder of Blairmore residents Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and Terry Blanchette are exploring any possibility they could be connected to [...]

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Blairmore man charged with murdering Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father Terry

Derek James Saretzky, 22, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of indignity to a human body in relation to the deaths of toddler Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and [...]

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RCMP finds remains of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette

The body of two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette was found on Tuesday in a rural area near Blairmore.
About a hundred citizens were gathered in [...]

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Elkview Coal wins overall Surface Mine Rescue Competition

The National Western Regional Mine Rescue Competition - 12th Biennial was held in Fernie on September 11th and 12th with a great turnout from competitors, their families and supporters including [...]

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Amber Alert for Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette still in effect as search continues

The man behind police tape wearing a white forensic outfit showed that the house where Terry Blanchette lived with his two-year old daughter was still an active crime scene Tuesday morning as the search for little Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette continued. [...]

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Thunder Challenge remains important fundraiser

Our national game is not a poor man’s game,
According to a 2012 Hockey Canada study that surveyed 1,300 people, the average family spent about $3,000 on minor hockey during the 2011-12 season.
This is why [...]

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Pass’ new Fire Chief Steve Debienne

Steve Debienne, our new manager of Protective Services/Fire Chief, is no stranger to fire.
“In 1991 my family lost a home and business to fire. I was young and but that night I saw [...]

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A Mountain, a Major and a Tunnelling Company

There is a giant semi-circle of mountains to the southwest of Coleman that lie at the headwaters of North York Creek. They are part of the Flathead Range and consist of Mount McLaren, Mount Parrish, Andy Good Peak and Mount Coulthard. In the upper reaches of this cirque are [...]

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Police arrest a 22-year old male suspect, Amber Alert for Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette still in effect as search continues

The man behind police tape wearing a white forensic outfit showed that the house where Terry Blanchette lived with his two-year old daugher was still an active crime scene Tuesday morning as the search for little Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette continued. [...]

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Community mourns Hanne Meketech as investigation into her death continues

Sitting in an easy chair in his brightly lit Blairmore apartment, Jeff Paulsen talks about the last time he saw Hanne Meketech.
It was the morning of. [...]

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