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- 100 miles of fun at
  Sinister 7
- Bellevue teepee open
  and ready to go
- Council donates to
  local groups
- Master Swim Program
  offered at Pool
- Emergency reponses
  for Canada Day
- RCMP Stats
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- Councillors weigh in
  on new managerial
  hiring
- Calgary lawyer
  accuses council of
  acting on bad faith
- Bouncing for the
  better fundraising
  may soon come Pass
- Passtrak provincial
  championship
  showcases talent
- Jason Kenney launches
  bid to lead PCs,
  unite the right
- Question of the Week
- Award winning
  photography family
  opens gallery in Pass
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100 miles of fun at Sinister 7

It’s not a race. It’s a lifestyle. Thousands of athletes from across the world were in the Pass over the weekend to tackle the gruelling Sinister 7 Ultra. Competing in teams or running solo, they had 30 hours to complete a 100-mile – 161 kilometre – course that took them all over the Pass from Hastings Ridge, to Crowsnest Mountain, to the finish line in Coleman.

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Bellevue teepee open and ready to go

The Crowsnest Tourist Information Centre in the Bellevue teepee has been operating since June 21.
The teepee was built about 50 years ago for [...]

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Master Swim Program offered at Pool

The Crowsnest Pass is well represented as a community of adult runners, cyclists and triathletes, and this summer the Pass Pool hopes to expand that to include [...]

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Councillors weigh in on new managerial hiring

While the municipal tax levy is rising almost every year, an increasing percentage of the budget is going to pay for the salary of its employees.
In 2016 the total tax levy was [...]

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Calgary lawyer accuses council of acting on bad faith

A Calgary lawyer is accusing council of acting in bad faith for siding against his client in a long-running tiff that’s pitted a group of landowners against a subdivision developer over the route of a controversial road.
Trevor Hay, the developer, is trying to [...]

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Award winning photography family opens gallery in Pass

Photography is a family affair for the Launsteins.
Launstein patriarch John, daughters Jenaya, 18, and Marlise, 16, and son Josiah, 11 are all award winning photographers. Charis, 14, is an accomplished [...]

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Previous Issues

There’s nothing wrong with a little nostalgia at home

This July 1st long weekend saw a phenomenal coming together of no less than 15 years worth of graduation classes here in the Pass. The word on this gathering first went out last August as [...]

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Curriculum redesign in Alberta

In September, Alberta Education will undertake a $64 million curriculum redesign to change what’s being taught in the province’s classrooms but parents should know and take comfort in [...]

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Golf club plans moving forward

Riversdale Resources is taking steps to rezone land north of Coleman for the construction of new golf holes for the Crowsnest Pass Golf and Country Club.
The rezoning is part of [...]

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Cos unveils a mix of revolutionary poutine surprises

Poutine. It’s a French-Canadian dish made of French fries and fresh cheese curds, covered with gravy.
It was invented in rural Quebec in the 1950’s but [...]

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Residents get catty over strays cats around the Pass

As far as the municipality is concerned, stray and feral cats do not exist.
The town’s animal control bylaw does not include any mention of cats, feral or stray.
The bylaw has been [...]

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Ryan Legroux Enduro Races overseas

From May 26 to 29, more than 1,500 off-road motorcyclists made the pilgrimage to the quiet village of Eisenerz in the heart of Austria to go tire-to-tire against [...]

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Alberta Education launches six-year curriculum overhaul

Starting this September, Alberta Education will be changing what’s taught in the province’s classrooms and asking Albertans to provide input.
The cost for the new curriculum development will be [...]

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CANADA DAY events in Coleman

Canada Day is almost here and as usual the Coleman Community Society, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Legion #9 in Coleman, the [...]

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New coach impresses Pass Piranahs Swim Club athletes

Cole Midtdal knows a thing or two about getting his feet wet.
And in the [...]

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What exactly is Brexit and the EU? (Brexit for dummies)

I'm sure everyone has heard by now that the United Kingdom has held a vote to decide whether to stay with the European Union (EU) or to leave it in the dust. This somewhat complicated issue is otherwise known as Brexit. If you are [...]

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