December 23rd, 2015 ~ Vol. 85 No. 50
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- Christmas Sweater Day
  at ISS
- Teck charged for
  sheep deaths
- Highway 3 to get
  wildlife fencing
- Council discusses
  website
- PASS program educates
  students on the
  dangers of drinking
  and driving
- RCMP Stats
- Classifieds
- Puzzle Page
- Councillor Ward
  delays passing of
  municipal budget
- Chief Administrative
  report
- Christmas Donations,
  Concerts, Singing and
  Santa
- CCHS Food Drive
- Singing for Seniors
- Question of the Week
- 2015 Christmas
  Greeting from Pat
  Stier - MLA
- Christmas Memories
- Remembering Ghosts of
  Christmas Past
- ...That's what
  Christmas is all
  about, Charlie Brown
- Elevate the
  traditional roast
  turkey
- Letters to the Editor
- Bricks & Boquets
- A Prairie Christmas
  Story
- Make sure your
  Christmas tree is safe
- Ten Ways to Keep your
  Pets Safe Over the
  Holiday Season
- On Christmas cheer
  and Christmas rest
- Dear Santa Claus
- Build holiday magic
  by baking with your
  kids
- Spending tips to
  avoid financial stress
- Unplug while you're
  away to save energy
  and protect your home
- Season of Peace at
  Horace Allen
- And the poster winner
  is?
- Pee Wee Thunder
  Donates
- Ruth’s Review
- Thoughts on Thoughts
- High schoolers learn
  first hand about
  Syrian refugees
Crowsnest Pass Herald Front Page
Christmas Sweater Day at ISS
Students brought out their favourite Christmas Sweaters on Thrusday, Dec. 17 at Isabelle Sellon School. Back row left to right, Kate Brown, Katie Wadstein; middle row, left to
right, Maya Veldman, Coral Pichurski, Holly Forsyth, Alyson Ford, Tianna Sanford, Gabrielle Jackson, Monica Koevoet; front row, left to right Joslyn Still, Kendra Bailey, Brooke
Foster
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Crowsnest Pass Herald
Break Time
There will be no December 30th issue.

Next regular issue:
January 6th, 2016
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Highway 3 to get wildlife fencing
The roads could be safer next year thanks to an initiative to protect both humans and sheep.
In the spring of 2016, Alberta Transportation plans to begin construction of about 1.5 kilometres of wildlife fencing along [...]
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PASS program educates students on the dangers of drinking and driving
For the Parent and Student Support (PASS) program, sober driving begins in the classroom.
Last week, the group partnered with Kevin Brandvold, regional traffic safety consultant to present [...]
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Councillor Ward delays passing of municipal budget
After their last budget meeting on Dec. 11 council was considering a six per cent increase in municipal taxes next year plus a 10 per cent increase in utility rates.
Councillor Dean Ward said [...]
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Thoughts on Thoughts - Shane Bryson
On Christmas cheer and Christmas rest
When sleigh bells ring, one hears, but is one really listening? More to the point, would one really want to? The piercing jingle of sleigh bells, some have said, assaults one with guerilla tactics in the same way that [...]
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High schoolers learn first hand about Syrian refugees
Crowsnest Consolidated High School (CCHS) vice principal Baxter, 12 of the community’s high school students and English teacher Krysta MacDonald went to Kitee, Finland in October to learn about [...]
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Previous Issues
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Financial hardship for Bellevue Mine
A few things are going right for the Bellevue Underground Mine.
Under executive director Elaine Hruby, the Bellevue mine regained museum designation last year from the Alberta Museums Association (AMA) after losing it several years ago.
The museum is attracting more [...]
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Crowsnest Consolidated students, teachers visit Finland
What do a bunch of teenagers from the Pass have in common with a similar group of teens in Finland?
Turns out they both excel at science and math, they both enjoy a student centered education system, both their government’s invest heavily in education and they both like [...]
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Artist to donate proceeds to food bank
Using heated beeswax and coloured pigments and then applying the pasty liquid to a canvas using metal tools and special brushes to shape the paint and a blowtorch to manipulate the wax once it has cooled, local artist Lynette Jessop has created [...]
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Over 200 served at Seniors’ Supper
Crowsnest senior citizen Lily Burton enjoyed an excellent meal served to her by a group of teenagers.
“It was good,” she said.
“But you can tell [...]
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Wildfire risk lowered by FireSmart grant
The Pass has been awarded a $60,000 FireSmart grant to help protect the community from the risk of wildfire and protect lives and property.
The provincial government awarded the grant after [...]
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Looking Back by John Kinnear
Remember When – Michel/ Natal Reflections
Most people have their own specific memories of that now lonely little coal mining valley that once held the thriving communities of Michel, Natal and Middletown. And most know the story of [...]
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Crowsnest Dental’s grand opening
You’ve never seen a bunch of kids so happy to be at the dentist.
On Dec. 4, the Boys and Girls Club of the Crowsnest Pass were at the grand opening of Crowsnest Dental, caroling for charity and [...]
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Chief Administrator council report
On Dec. 1, CAO Sheldon Steinke gave a report on the activities of the following municipal departments.
Administration & Finance
Finance is preparing for [...]
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Heritage Inventory Project wrap up
After three years of work, can the municipality cash in on the Heritage Inventory Project?
Yes, but only if local vendors band together to sell the Pass as a historic destination, said Fred Bradley president of the Crowsnest Historical Society.
“A historic downtown is [...]
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Coal Association of Canada backs council’s stance on coal
The president of the Coal Association of Canada applauded council’s decision to oppose the provincial government’s plan to phase out coal fired power plants.
“I think it’s important for all small towns and counties that depend on coal to [...]
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Riverdale comments on threatened trout species issue
The federal government has declared the creeks near the proposed Grassy Mountain project critical habitat for Alberta’s threatened population of westslope cutthroat trout.
It is now illegal to [...]
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