Crowsnest native wins SAIT award
Last month, a young Crowsnest Pass native who works with cutting-edge technology was awarded the 2016 Outstanding SAIT Alumni Award.
“I love it,” said [...]
“I love it,” said [...]
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November 2nd, 2016 ~ Vol. 85 No. 47
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The Halloween witches of Copy Magic
One of the pleasure of working in a newspaper is taking photos of local citizens celebrating Halloween in the Crowsnest Pass. Here is an in-store photo of mangement and staff at Copy Magic in Blairmore celebrating Halloween. From left to right, Cindy Sant, Linda Redman and Linda Petrone.
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Crowsnest Pass Weather
Stone’s Throw ‘Coats for Kids’
It can get a bit crisp come wintertime, which is why the Coats for Kids program is hoping to keep the community members bundled-up warmly.
Pass residents can [...]
Pass residents can [...]
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Economist and minimum wage issue
In an interview with the Pass Herald, a Calgary-based economist Trevor Tombe, said raising Alberta’s minimum wage would force small businesses to [...]
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Town utility rate increase update
In August, council weathered a storm of criticism from Crowsnest business owners facing dramatic increases to their water bills.
“Our bimonthly total will change from $109.29 to [...]
“Our bimonthly total will change from $109.29 to [...]
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There is still time to support Operation Christmas Child
The 2016 campaign for Operation Christmas Child is now underway.
The annual fundraiser put on by Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization, is continuing until [...]
The annual fundraiser put on by Samaritan's Purse, an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization, is continuing until [...]
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All my firsts
In this issue of the Pass Herald you will see an ‘In Memoriam’ for my mother and an 18th Birthday Celebration for my oldest son.
It seems like yesterday that I [...]
It seems like yesterday that I [...]
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Attestation Papers- Windows into the Past
As I dig deeper into the astounding intricacies and logistics of the First World War these days I have come to realize that attestation papers provide an interesting window into some of the logistical history of [...]
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Previous Issues
Minimum wage jumps to $12.20/hour
On Sept. 30, Crowsnest Pass bartender Crystal Johnston was making $11.20 an hour slinging suds at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s bar in Blairmore.
A few weeks ago she got [...]
A few weeks ago she got [...]
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Kootenay Tae Kwon Do brings home silver from the World Cup Budapest
Students of Kootenay Tae Kwon Do (TDK) have proven that they are a force to be reckoned with for many years. Their most recent achievement has only [...]
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Council mandates helmets or fines for OHV users
This summer a man was killed and a woman was injured after their Off-highway vehicle (OHV) rolled down an embankment north of Coleman.
RCMP said the female passenger sustained [...]
RCMP said the female passenger sustained [...]
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Stewart Memorial ball tournament
In September the final pitch was thrown at the Stewart Schlender Memorial Slo-Pitch Tournament at Coalhurst’s Miners Memorial Campground marking the end of [...]
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Municipality welcomes new CAO
There is a changing of the guard at the community’s chief administrative position with the exit of a hardworking army man and the entrance of the first-ever female to hold the job.
Lorrie O’Brien is the community’s new CAO. She is the first woman to [...]
Lorrie O’Brien is the community’s new CAO. She is the first woman to [...]
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Jim Prentice - Remembering a friend
It is strange to turn on the television and see the profile of your friend on the screen with the years of his life, 1956-2016, in bold letters. It doesn’t seem right. He had so much [...]
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Former Crowsnest Pass resident wins major pony prize
The pony’s name is Exeter Evenstar and a few weeks ago she won big at the Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America’s National Show during the Tulsa State Fair in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
On Sept. 28, a pair of savvy [...]
On Sept. 28, a pair of savvy [...]
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Semi-truck rollover caps deadly week on area roads
On Oct. 16 at about 9:45 p.m., an eastbound semi-truck hauling fence posts flipped over and rolled into the ditch west of Coleman on Highway 3.
RCMP says [...]
RCMP says [...]
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Stop, drop and roll at Horace Allen
Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, says the National Fire Protection Association.
That tragic 1871 conflagration killed more than [...]
That tragic 1871 conflagration killed more than [...]
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Once I Was a Draughtsman
That is the original old English spelling or variant of the term “draftsman”, a profession that I was trained in back in the late 1960’s. It is defined as: “a person who practises or is qualified in mechanical drawing, employed to prepare detailed scale drawings of [...]
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