April 26th, 2017 ~ Vol. 87 No. 17
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LegoMania
Devon Reeve (front left) and his younger sister, Lexi Reeve (right), sitting in a sea of lego pieces at the Crowsnest Pass Municipal Library's LegoMania activity on April 20. LegoMania is a free library program for all ages, including parents and grandparents, that encourages building with Lego together. To get involved in the next LegoMania and stay current with all Library activities, visit crowsnestpasslibrary.ca or check out their Facebook page at Crowsnest Community Library.
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Crowsnest Pass Weather
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New banners unite Crowsnest Pass
As Crowsnest Pass continues to establish itself as a single town with five identities, the Economic Development Committee (EDC) has given it a push in the right direction with the erection of [...]
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Council passes millrate bylaw
Councillor Ward made a motion that no additional managers or supervisors will be hired in 2017 with the exception of [...]
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Welcome Crowsnest Convenience
“You can come in here for a jug of milk and buy a house all in one sitting,” laughs Helen Belcastro who, with her husband Giovanni, recently opened Crowsnest Convenience and CNP Real Estate on Bellevue’s main street.
The Belcastros moved to the Pass [...]
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Ratepayers Association holds first meeting of the year
The Ratepayers Association held a meeting at the Hillcrest Miner’s Club on April 19, the first since November 2015.
The group plans to [...]
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‘Snowy Joey’ O’Brien hired as Manager of Community Services
The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass’ new Manager of Community Services, Joey O’Brien, has a legacy of turning bankrupt or almost-there ski resorts into profitable businesses, but he has one strong message to convey: he’s [...]
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Looking Back by John Kinnear
How to Blow Up an Underwater Mountain
Last Wednesday was the anniversary of one of the most spectacular man-made explosions ever to occur in its time. It was referred to back then as one of the largest non-nuclear explosions on record. This mammoth blast occurred at [...]
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Previous Issues
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Finnish students visit high school
After a week of adventuring around Southern Alberta and learning about the history of Crowsnest Pass, high school students from Kitee Upper Secondary School and Crowsnest Consolidated High School gave presentations to [...]
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Municipal Council updates
First Reading of Bylaw 984, 2017 – Tax Bylaw was passed in a recorded vote of four Councillors in favour, three opposed. The bylaw increases residential taxes for 2017 by 1.5% and increases non-residential taxes [...]
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Lifestyle & Outdoor Adventure Show gets bouncy
The Crowsnest Pass Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for their 29th Lifestyle and Outdoor Adventure Show, set to take place at the Crowsnest Sports Complex on [...]
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Bunny Bonspiel marking 70 years
It’s a longtime tradition that as Easter weekend sweeps in, so too does the Crowsnest Pass Bunny Bonspiel. A 70-year tradition of the annual curling event, to be exact, making it one of the [...]
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Thunder hockey awards
On Saturday, April 8 CNP Minor Hockey held their annual awards night for both individual achievement and memorial awards.
These awards were voted on [...]
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Grassy Mountain Coal Project update
Cal Clark, Manager of Sustainable Development at Benga Mining Limited, a subsidiary of Riversdale Resources, provided Council with an update on the Grassy Mountain Project at a [...]
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Little Mountaineers open its doors
For 10 years, Stacey Bole had mulled over the idea of opening her own daycare until finally taking the plunge last year with the purchase of the old vet clinic in Coleman. Six months of renovations later, Stacey Bole and her husband J.J. opened [...]
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New traffic position
On April 10, the Crowsnest Pass RCMP detachment is launching a six-month traffic pilot project aimed at making the area’s roads safer. [...]
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Pass Community Pool construction on schedule
The construction of the Pass Community Pool is progressing as scheduled for a Canada Day opening, says Patrick Thomas, Director of [...]
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Logging and Habitat
Logging has been an important industry in the Crowsnest Pass since the 1800’s. Unfortunately, in recent years, it has been getting an undeserved bad reputation. It is time someone [...]
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