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February 8th, 2017 ~ Vol. 87 No. 6

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- Closed down
- Hillcrest Fish and
  Game trophy day
- Artists gather to
  fundraise for ALS
- Gratitude during
  Psychology Month
- Mining for Miracles
  hopes to raise $2.9
  million for BC
  Children’s Hospital
- RCMP Stats
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- Puzzle Page
- Council approves
  capital budget
- Friends and Neighbours
- Your Health Update
- Garrett Gatto,
  homegrown, blue-eyed
  football hulk
- Get Set for a Stellar
  Cinema Season
- Here's My Card
- Question of the Week
- A Recipe for
  retirement: Helping a
  rural family plan for
  their future
- Looking Back
- Should people carry
  cougar spray in
  winter months?
- Passtrak’s Dino
  classic indoor track
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- Support our economy
- Letters to the Editor
- Bricks & Boquets
- Club FUSE: for women
   by women

Closed down

Crowsnest Pass Fire/Rescue Captain Evan Stewart and crew members Darren Le Fort and Craig Marshall directing and controlling traffic in Frank on Monday, Feb. 6 after a full weekend of intense snowfall.

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Support our economy

A fortunate blend of resources and resourcefulness has brought Alberta and this country to where it is today.
In almost every index which measures quality of life around the world, Canada always comes up [...]

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Hillcrest Fish and Game trophy day

Over 120 people attended the Hillcrest Fish and Game Protective Association’s 92nd Annual Trophy Day competition on Saturday, February 4.
The Bob Williams [...]

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Council approves capital budget

Council passed the capital budget for 2017 and 2018 at a meeting on Jan. 30.
The budget requirements for [...]

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Garrett Gatto, homegrown, blue-eyed football hulk

2017 is shaping up to be a good one for defensive tackle Garrett Gatto.
Currently finishing up grade 12, Gatto played his last Strathmore Spartans high school game in November, and he’s already been [...]

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Club FUSE: for women by women

A new club focused on Friendship, Unity, Support and Empowerment (FUSE) among women is starting up in the Pass. Women 18 years and older are invited to join Club FUSE and attend the open house on Feb. 23 at the [...]

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Mining for Miracles hopes to raise $2.9 million for BC Children’s Hospital

Mining for Miracles fundraising campaign, the BC mining industry’s long-standing fundraising campaign, launched on Feb. 1.
This year, the initiative aims to raise [...]

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Tales of a York Creek Trapper

Denise Coccioloni-Amatto put the bug in my ear some time back about her Uncle Joey Coccioloni and said that he had some stories to share about the going’s on up North York Creek around the time that [...]

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Previous Issues

Meet, greet and defeat the Minotaur

“Don’t expect any Band-Aids; this is more of a duct tape style of event,” says Erin Fairhurst, one of the organizers of a brand new racing experience coming to the Pass: Meet the Minotaur.
Erin, her husband Andrew, and [...]

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Hillcrest Fish and Game seeks public input on Castle Parks

UPDATE: The town hall meeting has been changed to February 7th at 7:30pm at the MDM Community Centre in Bellevue.

The Hillcrest Fish and Game Protective Association is holding a town hall meeting on Feb. 7 to hear stakeholder feedback from the residents and communities affected by the provincial government’s draft management plan for [...]

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A rope, a horse and a pair of skis- KRA presents Skijoring

Crowsnest Pass is teeming with winter activities, and a brand new one just got added to the list: skijoring.
Presented by the Kanaskis Rodeo Association (KRA) during the Wintervention festival, skijoring is a timed winter race where a horse-and-rider pull a skier through [...]

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Filumena Opera in Calgary

A peek into Crowsnest Pass’ bootlegging history will be on display by the Calgary Opera with the return of Filumena.
The piece first premiered in partnership with the Banff Centre in 2003 and will be relaunched this February to honour [...]

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Friends & Neighbours

This lucky lady has lived in the Pass all of her life. She is a fourth-generation Pass person, her ancestors having arrived in Hillcrest in 1905. They had moved to a location just at the river bottom, in close proximity to the bridge. Born in Blairmore, she spent [...]

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Queen of the Castle

“Lock her up.” The words, shouted out by a male heckler in the crowd, cut through the air during Premier of Alberta Rachel Notley’s speech for the unveiling of the final boundaries for Castle Provincial Park and [...]

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CNP Fire and Rescue department holds ice rescue training

In some countries, it’s considered a spa activity or spiritual experience, but for the CNP Fire and Rescue Department, jumping into the 5-degree water of Crowsnest Lake on Jan. 18 was part of their [...]

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OHV safety presentation at Crowsnest Consolidated

Have fun, but follow your gut, use your head, and make good choices. That was Lori Zacaruk’s takeaway message to Crowsnest Consolidated High School students during her presentation on off-highway vehicle (OHV) safety on Jan. 18.
The interactive [...]

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GoCrowsnest.ca ready for launch to the worldwide web

With an emphasis on everything local that Crowsnest Pass has to offer, the municipality’s brand new GoCrowsnest.ca website dedicated to tourism and business promotion in the [...]

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CCHS students prepare for “weeklong sleepover”

Twenty-four grade 9 Crowsnest Consolidated High School (CCHS) students will say goodbye to their families as they take off to Lévis, Quebec on Jan. 29. Several months later at the end of May, 23 students in grades 7 and 8 will travel to [...]

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