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November 18th, 2015 ~ Vol. 85 No. 45

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- Dunlops return to
  Frank
- The Dunlops return to
  Frank
- Pastor's Pen
- Riversdale files EIA
  with regulators
- Elkford’s newest mine
  update
- RCMP Stats
- Classifieds
- Puzzle Page
- Ruth’s Review
- Everyone Welcome at
  CCS Annual General
  Meeting
- Did you know?
- ‘John the Barber’
  providing cutting
  service since 1959
- Passtrak’s Provincial
  winners
- Question of the Week
- Looking Back
- Remembrance Day
  moments
- Crafters Fair
- Community committee
  pitches park in West
  Coleman
- Council discusses
  results of summer
  event survey
- Letters to the Editor
- Bricks & Boquets
- Fort Macleod set to
  host annual Santa
  Claus Parade
- A tribute to my
  mother, my mentor
- Finning in Sparwood
  to close its doors,
  Pass impacted
- New doctors find
  their calling and
  each other in the Pass
- Helping those in need

Dunlops return to Frank

Daniel James Dunlop, 62, and his son Daniel Francesco Dunlop, 12, in front of the Dunlop Guns in Frank.

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Crowsnest Pass Weather

The Dunlops return to Frank

On Nov. 11, a piece of living history was sitting in the Coleman Legion, eating a bowl of minestrone soup and leafing through a photo album of his glorious and terrible family history.
Looking through the album, you can see [...]

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Riversdale files EIA with regulators

Last week Riversdale Resources Ltd., filed applications with the provincial and federal governments to move the Grassy Mountain Coal Project to the [...]

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‘John the Barber’ providing cutting service since 1959

I needed a haircut. I had been getting pretty shaggy, with hairs sticking out every which way so I went to John’s Barber Shop.
Walking into [...]

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Community committee pitches park in West Coleman

West Coleman Children’s Playground Committee (WCCPC) member Robin Loseth is saying parents in West Coleman don’t want their kids playing in the street.
“There have been several close calls with [...]

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Finning in Sparwood to close its doors, Pass impacted

Finning in Sparwood has announced that it will be closing its location there as a part of the shutdown of [...]

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Big Boys Slinging Water in 2003

It has been over 12 years now since the demon was let loose off its leash in the Crowsnest Forest up Lost Creek way and when all was said and done there were over 20,000 hectares of forest burned. During the 26 days that this fire raged, over [...]

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Previous Issues

The Pass Herald has lost a member of its family this week

The Pass Herald lost a member of its family this week. On Sunday, November 8th Gail Sygutek, owner and Publisher of the Pass Herald [...]

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Coleman stop sign causes a stir in council

For many years a stop sign was safely directing traffic at 77th Street and 27th Avenue in Coleman.
But when it was discovered the sign didn’t conform to government regulations it sparked an engineering review, upset residents and caused [...]

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Pass eateries recognized at chamber business awards

The community’s hash houses cleaned up at this year’s Crownest Pass Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.
Rum Runner Restaurant and Bar was named [...]

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Trickster puts on a good show despite funding cuts

At one point during their performance at Isabelle Sellon School on Oct. 27, students participating in a Trickster Residency did impressions of artists by launching themselves at [...]

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Coleman Legion’s last surviving World War Two veteran laid to rest

Clarence Morrow, the Coleman Legion’s last surviving World War Two veteran, passed away on Oct. 30 at the age of 89.
“He was a Legion member for [...]

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$20,000 collected in honour of Hailey and Terry will go to Lions Park

Terry Blanchette would often bring his daughter Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette the short distance from their home to Lion’s Park in Blairmore.
“That’s where Hailey used to [...]

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Mine messes of the past blamed for Gold Creek tailings release

As Alberta’s energy regulator continues investigating Riversdale Resources Ltd. for the release of coal tailings into Gold Creek, environmental consultants hired by the Australian based company are saying [...]

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Coleman’s Summit lime plant shuts down

Eight employees were laid off last week when Graymont’s historic Summit lime plant closed.
“I’m the only one left as of today because [...]

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Ranchland, Pass yet to discuss taxes

Hopefully this won’t end up like it did in "One Tin Soldier."
The 1960s Canadian anti-war song tells the story of a hidden treasure and two neighboring peoples: the peaceful Mountain People and the warlike Valley People. The Mountain People had a treasure [...]

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Riversdale’s open house highlights

On Oct. 29, Benga Mining, a wholly owned subsidiary of Australia-based Riversdale Resources Ltd., held an open house at the MDM Community Centre to discuss the Grassy Mountain Coal Project.
In a presentation to several hundred [...]

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Remembering the Dunlops

This year will mark 100 years since John McCraes’ poem In Flanders Field was first written and published. It is a somber reminder that our nation paid a heavy toll for the freedoms we enjoy today. I think it is only fitting [...]

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