February 15th, 2017 ~ Vol. 87 No. 7
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Crowsnest Pass Herald Front Page
Australian day success
On Feb. 9, Riversdale Resources presented Isabelle Sellon School with a cheque for $13,735, the funds raised from this year's Australia Day that took place on Jan. 21. On
the bottom row are Marnie Davidson, vice-principal at ISS, Darren Le Fort, geologist and Peter Murray, operations manager for Riversdale Resources with students in grades
4, 5 and 6.
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Crowsnest Pass Weather
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“Weekend warriors” unite over OHV ban in Castle Parks wilderness area
When Premier Rachel Notley referred to Albertans as “weekend warriors” at the unveiling of the Castle Provincial Park and Castle Wildlands Park on Jan. 20, she might have underestimated just how much “warrior” Southern Albertans have in them.
Over 600 of these [...]
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FCSS to roll out revamped bus service
The Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) program is scrapping the current public bus transit service and giving the Town Rounder a makeover that will accommodate all [...]
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Detrimental side of OHVs
While the NDP government’s announcement of the five-year phase out of off-highway vehicles in the Castle Wilderness area sparked feelings of grief, betrayal and outrage for OHV groups, environmentalists insist that [...]
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All the attention on Wintervention
If you can’t beat winter, then you might as well join in on the snowy fun, at Crowsnest Cando Society’s Wintervention, running from February 24 to 26.
This is the first time that Wintervention will be [...]
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Evan Stewart, Station 24’s new Fire Captain for Pass
With a military background and a professionalism, dedication and positivity that caught the attention of Fire Chief Jesse Fox, Evan Stewart was selected for promotion to Captain rank on Jan. 26.
As captain, Stewart is the focal point for [...]
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Previous Issues
FEATURE WRITER
50 Shades of Black  by Ezra Black
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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Looking Back by John Kinnear
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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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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