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January 27th, 2016 ~ Vol. 85 No. 4

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- Coming Home
- Old smoky comes home
  to Pass
- Ski incident sends
  teenager to hospital
- Pastor's Pen
- MLA Stier holds
  meeting with council
- RCMP Stats
- Classifieds
- Puzzle Page
- Governance and
  Priorities meeting
- Council considers
  fibre optic network
  for Pass
- Ruth’s Review
- 50 Shades of Black
- Thoughts on Thoughts
- Question of the Week
- Saying goodbye to an
  old friend, Kuma laid
  to rest
- Happy Chinese New Year
- Proposed design for
  new pool ready
- Annual 2015 Christmas
  Bird Count
- IGA helps groups
- Letters to the Editor
- Bricks & Boquets
- Australian Day
  Fundraiser for
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Coming Home

On Jan. 22, volunteers helped bring a Hunslet Diesel Locomotive used in the Vicary Mine north of Coleman back to the Pass after spending almost a half-century in Fernie.

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Proposed design for new pool ready

Lyle Hannan, director of Community Services and Leslie Margetak from the Pool Request for Proposal Evaluation Committee presented the proposed design for a new community pool at a council meeting on Jan. 19.
The assembled councillors seemed [...]

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Old smoky comes home to Pass

When coal was king and a summer student could make a quick buck underground, mining historian and the Herald’s very own feature columnist John Kinnear was paying his way through college hauling coal out of the Vicary Mine north of Coleman in a [...]

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MLA Stier holds meeting with council

The government appears to have blinked with regards to Bill 6. Wildrose MLA Pat Stier is glad.
At a council meeting on Jan. 19, Stier credited citizens who aggressively rallied against the bill and both the NDP and opposition groups for [...]

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Saying goodbye to an old friend, Kuma laid to rest

Kuma the Karelian Bear Dog, the last of the remaining member of Alberta Fish and Wildlife’s first pair of bear management dogs, was honoured during a moving ceremony last week.
Crowsnest Pass Fire/Rescue member Daryl Johnson delivered [...]

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Council considers fibre optic network for Pass

With an eye to a brighter future where web entrepreneurs might sip Starbucks as they develop new Amazons or Facebooks while admiring the idyllic mountain views of the Pass, council invited Jason O’Connor, a community relations representative with Axia NetMedia, to make [...]

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Previous Issues

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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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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