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October 21st, 2015 ~ Vol. 85 No. 41

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- John Barlow sweeps
  the competition
- Riversdale shares
  expected impacts of
  Grassy Mountain Coal
  Project
- New helicopter
  landing pad
- Off Highway vehicle
  Safety/Regulations
- Ruth’s Review
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- Hunting and
  off-highway vehicles
  in a provincial park?
- Celebrating Small
  Business
- Young girl with
  celebral palsy giving
  back one tab at a time
- Weak loonie means
  more money to replace
  vehicles
- Question of the Week
- Bear Briefs
- Utter terror to
  possess Sparwood
  residents this year
- 50 Shades of Black
- Conservative John
  Barlow takes
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- Trudeau’s Liberals
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John Barlow sweeps the comptetition

Newly elected Foothills Member of Parliament John Barlow prepares to cut the cake celebrating his win in the federal election on Monday, Oct. 19 at his campaign office in Okotoks. He is joined by his family including his wife Louise and his daughters Kinley and McKenna.

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Riversdale shares expected impacts of Grassy Mountain Coal Project

A social impact assessment produced on behalf of Riversdale Resources is promising growth for the community if the Grassy Mountain Coal Project moves forward and stagnation and decline if it doesn’t.
On Oct. 14, in a [...]

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Young girl with celebral palsy giving back one tab at a time

Eight-year-old Claira Murray has cerebral palsy but its not stopping her from giving back.
The young girl has been collecting pop can tabs, which she [...]

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Hunting and off-highway vehicles in a provincial park?

On Sept. 4, Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced the government would protect the Castle Wilderness Area by turning more than 1,000 square kilometres of it into a provincial park and provincial wildland area.
But with plans to [...]

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Conservative John Barlow takes Foothills riding

Former newspaper editor John Barlow has been elected the first ever Member of Parliament of the newly created Foothills riding.
“It’s a little PC history,” said Barlow.
After a redrawing of [...]

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Trudeau’s Liberals win majority

It was the birth of Canada’s first political dynasty and a stunning victory for Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party.
Starting with a sweep of [...]

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Previous Issues

Local woodworker donates angelic exhibit to Crowsnest Health Centre

All hospitals need angels to hopefully help provide peace for those in need and now the local hospital has a profusion of angels thanks to a generous donation by [...]

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Dunbar family issues statement to hundreds gathered at memorial

As hundreds gathered for a public memorial service, those closest to slain two-year-old Hailey Dunbar Blanchette said they have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support that has followed in the wake of this terrible family tragedy.
“We would like to [...]

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Foothills riding candidates square off in Pincher Creek

Economy, environment, agriculture and governance dominated the conversation at the Pincher Creek candidates’ forum for the Foothills riding. Five of the six entrants discussed their platforms and [...]

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Council slashes millions from ten-year capital plan

Since it began operating in 1982, all the sewage from Coleman, Blairmore and Frank has flowed into the Frank Waste Water Treatment Plant.
But a funny thing happens to the stuff coming down the pipes when [...]

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Kuma the Karelian Bear Dog gets a fancy new house

The doghouse is a place you go when your partner is displeased with you for one or more reasons and is usually somewhere you don’t want to be.
It’s a place where your partner won’t [...]

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Dunbar family issues emotional statement as hundreds gather to mourn Hailey and Terry

As hundreds gathered for a public memorial service, those closest to slain two-year-old Hailey Dunbar Blanchette said they have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support that has [...]

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Poaching of fish on Oldman River

In what has been called a significant poaching case, six Lethbridge men pleaded guilty to poaching threatened fish and were fined $1,000 each for taking four [...]

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Election 2015: Know your Foothills candidates

On Oct. 19, Canadians will be voting in a federal election and candidates in the Foothills riding, formerly Macleod, are on the campaign trail.
Six candidates are competing for this new riding, which was created [...]

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Crowsnest Consolidated Academic and Athetic Awards

Full listing of award recipients. [...]

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Non-whites need not apply

It’s only a 1907 advertisement for the Grand Union Hotel in Coleman but look a little closer and you’ll see that it’s marketing much more than telephone service and new furnishings: it’s marketing an all white staff.
Thirty rooms electric lighted and furnished in first-style, reads the ad.
Bar and table the best that [...]

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Derek Saretzky to undergo psychiatric assessment

Derek Saretzky, the man accused of killing two-year-old Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father Terry Blanchette is undergoing a 30-day psychiatric assessment to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
The 22-year old Blairmore man faces [...]

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