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- Stand Up for Alberta
  Rally held in Cowley
- Pastor’s Pen
- Council considering
  substantial cuts
- Chief Administrative
  Officer report
- Ruth’s Review
- RCMP Stats
- Classifieds
- Puzzle Page
- Fire department teams
  up with Slave Lake
  firefighters
- New street sweeper
  bought
- Bright Future Donation
- Fatal motor vehicle
  crash east of Bellevue
- Local craftsman
  building for the Food
  Bank
- Question of the Week
- Fire/Rescue services
  welcome interim
  deputy chief
- HealtH Corner
- Looking Back
- Information day
  teaches risk of
  avalanche for
  snowmobilers
- Letters to the Editor
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Stand Up for Alberta Rally Comes South

Political groups angered by the Notley government held a rally on Jan. 16 at Pincher Creek’s Community Hall over objections to Bill 6, the provincial climate strategy and other
NDP legislation.

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Crowsnest Pass Weather

Stand Up for Alberta Rally held in Cowley

The English language might have its newest word thanks to George Clarke, founder of Albertans First, who is taking possession of the word “kudatah.”
“I fully understand a coup d’etat is a [...]

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Council considering substantial cuts

Council is considering a number of spending cuts to the 2016 budget that would limit a property tax increase in 2016 to [...]

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Mrs Mundie's Take on 1977/1978

So I said in Looking Back at the start of the year I would delve into Mrs. Mundie's 65 or so scrap books and pick a year to look back at. Mrs. Mundie had a sharp eye for what was important or interesting back then and a cross section of her clippings will give you some insight into our world here almost fourty years ago. [...]

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Fire department teams up with Slave Lake firefighters

In 2011, a large fire that burned through the Town of Slave Lake.
The conflagration was quickly pushed past fire barriers designed to protect the town by [...]

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Information day teaches risk of avalanche for snowmobilers

Avalanches. When they fall on you, that’s bad.
Members of Sparwood Search and Rescue were at the [...]

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Fire/Rescue services welcome interim deputy chief

Forty-two year old Mark Calvert is Crowsnest Pass Fire/Rescue’s new interim Deputy Fire Chief.
Calvert was awarded a [...]

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Previous Issues

Beloved Karelian Bear Dog “Kuma” dies

It’s said all dogs go to heaven but Kuma the Karelian Bear Dog forcefully earned a trip through the pearly gates through service, loyalty and for once saving his handler and [...]

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Crowsnest Pass Babies of 2015

View the babies born in the Crowsnest Pass in 2015 [...]

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Crowsnest Medical Clinic prepares move to Crowsnest Mall in Blairmore

For years, Crowsnest Medical operated out of two separate locations: one in Bellevue and the other in Coleman. But if all goes according to plan the new central location of the Crowsnest Medical Clinic will be open January 18.
The consolidation is happening [...]

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2016 top stories in the Municipality to watch out for

The calendar might have flipped but the news beat continues. Reporters at The Herald have rounded up looming stories that will affect the community in 2016. [...]

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Stand Up for Alberta rally coming to Pincher Creek

Rachael Nelson, a business owner and mother of three, belongs to a ranching family and opposes Bill 6. But that’s not the reason she’s joined Stand Up For Alberta, a grassroots political group that opposes a host of NDP legislation.
The main reason she joined is [...]

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CNP Music Festival Returns

The Crowsnest Pass Music Festival would like to announce the return of the festival, from March 7-11, 2016, followed by the Grand Concert at 7:00 pm, Friday March 18, 2016.
This year, we are pleased to welcome [...]

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2015: A Year in Review

A year is a long time and this last one featured a myriad of highs and lows and strikes and gutters. As the community moves into 2016, let's take a look back at some of the issues that defined the Crowsnest Pass last year. [...]

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FEATURE WRITER

2015 Real Estate – slow and steady Wins the Race in the Crowsnest Pass

For years now, some of us have complained that we are not properly attached to Alberta’s oil economy; that we are a forgotten corner of the province. Little did we know [...]

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Looking Back at Looking Back

2015 was the tenth year of writing for the Pass Herald for me and looking back I am gob smacked at the number of articles and the amount of research that has gone into it all. Prior to moving here in 2005 I wrote [...]

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