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2019 Year in review

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CCHS students brought in donations for our local Food Bank. Admission to the junior high, senior high dances and Christmas concert were also collected for a total of over $750.00 and 280lbs of food.

In the photo are Mr. Schuh, his Grade 7 class with Food Bank Volunteers Joyce Hvizdos (Assistant Food Bank Coordinator) and Terry Grinevitch ( Treasurer).

2019: A Year in Review Before we move forward into the New Year let’s take a final look back at the old one and the ups and downs that defined the Crowsnest Pass in 2019. All stories and photos are from David Selles.

January 16, 2019

Minor Hockey week Crowsnest Pass is celebrating the game of hockey this week. Minor hockey week has begun and with it comes a time of fun and reflection. Wes Rypien, the president of Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey Association, says that this week is a great way to come together as a community and enjoy all the game has to offer.

“It’s an opportunity that as Canadians we can look back and reflect on one of our national pass times. As a team sport its done a great job of bringing people together.”

Over the weekend, the Pass was able to welcome teams from Lethbridge, Airdrie, Cochrane, Canmore Calgary and the Rocky Mountain area for the Crow United Bantam Tournament put on by Lethbridge and Airdrie.

Chad Petrone, a hockey dad and a previous member of Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey, says that these teams are extremely thankful for the opportunity to come and play this tournament in the Crowsnest Pass.

“We thought this would be a great venue to host this tournament. It’s been great. Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey has been fantastic in helping us host this event. It’s been a nice joint partnership.”

Petrone said he really wanted to stress how grateful he and the hockey community are for the chance to come to the Crowsnest for this tournament.

Lethbridge Tier 1 Hurricanes bantam goalie Ricky Petrone, formerly a Crowsnest Pass Hockey player, seals the post during a tournament game at the Crowsnest Sports Complex last weekend. The Hurricanes held a joint tournament with Airdrie over the January 12 weekend. Tournament organizer Chad Petrone gave all the 50/50 proceeds to Crowsnest Pass Minor Hockey while local hockey parents spent the weekend selling. The Hurricanes won the tournament in a final game against Cochrane 6-3.

January 23, 2019

Council looking for ways to improve development in Crowsnest Pass

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Council were given the opportunity to learn about how they can develop the Crowsnest Pass more effectively in a council meeting last week.

Marie Everts, the Marketing, Events and Economic Development Officer for the town of Pincher Creek, gave a short presentation on what she is currently involved with in the town and how the Crowsnest Pass could follow suit.

Everts was able to provide insightful information on how the Crowsnest Pass could better their development and make progress in marketing themselves.

After hearing the presentation by Everts, Councillor Dave Filipuzzi said that he believes the Crowsnest Pass needs to make many changes and needs to catch up to what other areas are doing in regards to economic development.

“I don't think we understand what economic development is. I think we are missing it in our community and I think we are still trying to do things the old way. I think it's a big gap that we have and for me personally it's been a big concern because it's something that we are totally lacking. We try, but it just isn't successful.”

Councilor Filipuzzi added that he is looking forward to implementing some of what Everts presented in the future.

Council will continue to look at ways to improve in this area and will look at ways to grow the Crowsnest Pass using some of the tools that were shown to them.

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January 30, 2019

School Book Initiative officially underway Five elementary schools from across the Crowsnest Pass began their 1Book 5Schools initiative on Friday. This is the sixth annual time this has been put on but the first time that it will involve five different schools.

A big reason why the Crowsnest Pass Literacy Foundation has been able to do this project the last six years has been the generosity of the TransCanada Corporation.

The $5,000 donation this year covered almost the entire cost of the 850 books needed for the students. This year’s book is called Poppy and will appeal to all age ranges of the students taking part.

The five schools were all part of assemblies at some of the schools to kick off the project across the Crowsnest Pass on January 25.

Students will now have until February 14 to finish reading their book and the schools involved hope this will be a chance for the students to enjoy family time while also learning the value of reading.

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2019: A Year in Review February 6, 2019

The End of an Era One of the longest lasting rinks in the Crowsnest Pass is officially closed.

After a lengthy life as part of the Crowsnest Pass, the doors to Albert Stella Memorial Arena were closed on January 29 due to the arena being deemed unsafe for use.

A statement from the municipality says that an engineering consultant found the arena unsafe for use “under wind and snow loads, which could result in catastrophic failure under these conditions.”

Albert Stella Memorial Arena was built in 1955 and named after former councillor and profound community member Albert Stella.

Mayor Painter says that council is currently trying to find ways to relocate the groups who still used Albert Stella Arena on a regular basis.

“We're in the process of trying to relocate these user groups so they can continue their programs and we are waiting for administration to come back with recommendations of what we can do like how many of these groups we can accommodate and if there are groups that we aren't going to be able to accommodate at this time.”

Mayor Painter also added how much this building will be missed by the community and that the decision to close wasn’t easy.”

“The decision wasn’t an easy one to make but it was totally in the interest of public safety that we had to close this building. We don’t want anybody getting hurt. It’s been around for 60 plus years. It’s definitely a fixture in our community and a valued asset. It’s going to be truly missed by our community.”

February 13, 2019

Lifelong Learning A new project is starting up in the Crowsnest Pass.

Council was informed in their meeting last week Tuesday that the Lifelong Learning project received the necessary funding to move forward.

John Taylor is spearheading the project that he says is meant to give learners of all ages and in all stages of life access to powerful learning experiences when they need them.

Taylor says he is thrilled with the funding he has received and is grateful for council’s participation.

“I’m overjoyed not only with the funding but also with the commitment, vision and willingness to participate and support the project. I’m over the moon.”

It’s not known yet how far this project will go, but Taylor says it’s partially up to the community.

“All we've mapped out so far is the two phases of this project and then depending on where the community wants to go and how much energy they want to put into it and then figuring out how we govern the whole process will determine how much further we go and how much work is necessary.”

Taylor added that because this is still new, it’s difficult to guess how far this project can go.

“Right now it’s all theory until we sit down everyone with a different perspective and representing different organizations it’ll become clearer.”

February 20, 2019

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 22 to 24.

The seventh edition of Wintervention will feature a new event called Crokicurl that will be held at the Crowsnest Lake Rest area.

Some of the other events that are planned for the weekend include a fun run on Saturday at 9:30 am, music and a bonfire at the ski lodge from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday and human dog sled races sponsored by CNP 40Assests and the PPK at the ski hill on Saturday starting at 1:00 pm.

Fundraising Director of Crowsnest Cando Randall Shemko says that he is excited about the weekend and that the group is grateful for the help they’ve received.

“We are really happy that CNP 40Assets took over the human dog sled races and we are pretty excited about Crokicurl. It seems to be generating a lot of interest in the community.”

On of the more popluar events of the weekend is the Chili Bowl and Shemko believes that it will be a hit again this year.

This year’s dinner, dance and silent auction will be held at the Elks Hall in Blairmore starting at 5:30 pm on Saturday.

The theme for this year is the fifties and Shemko is very pleased with the current number of tickets sold so far.

“Early on we had some minimum projections of at least 100 tickets to our dinner and dance but now we’re at 140 so I think this is already a success in our eyes.”

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February 27, 2019

Local athletes show well at Special Olympic Albert Winter Games

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A most sincere and heartfelt Thank You to family and friends for their kindness and expressions of sympathy during this difficult time. A special thank you to the paramedics and Dr. Botha for doing all they could for Annie. We would also like Darrell and staff at Fantin’s Funeral Home for going above and beyond what they have to do. A thank you to Reverend Renso Castellarin for the beautiful service, the Pall Bearers and Honourary Pall Bearers and also to Kinga. This is when you can appreciate living in a small community when everyone is there for you.

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Two local skiers came back from Calgary with medals following solid performances at the Special Olympic Alberta Winter Games that were held from February 8th to 10th.

Anthony Bramer returned home with a gold medal he won in the men’s second division Advanced Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom event and teammate Philip Mullen returned with a silver medal in the same event in the men’s one division.

Two other athletes from Southern Alberta joined Bramer and Mullen at the games.

Tyler Birch from Lethbridge and Jackson Litke from Stirling were also a part of a team coached by Dan Mullen.

Birch won silver in the Advanced Giant Slalom in the men’s three-division and Litke won Gold in the men’s two-division novice event of Giant Slalom.

Mullen says that the preparation for the games was difficult because the athletes were all training in different locations.

“It was difficult for me because I had three different locations where they were skiing. Philip and myself were skiing at Nikiska, Anthony was skiing at the Pass PowderKeg and the other two boys were skiing at CasYOUR choice for auto body repair. tle. So everyone was kind of doing their own thing with different coaches but there were a couple times I was able to pull them together prior to the games.”

Bramer says that he was pleased with his performance.

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Bramer added that his joy for participating just comes from the experience.

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2019: A Year in Review March 6, 2019

Crowsnest’s Noah Schuh represents Canada at Ski Mountaineering World Championships Crowsnest Pass resident and high school student Noah Schuh is receiving the opportunity of a lifetime.

Schuh is a member of the Team Canada team that is heading to the Ski Mountaineering World Championships.

Team Canada will be going up against 34 other nations in Villars, Switzerland from March 9-16.

Ski mountaineering is a sport that involves both climbing and descending the mountain.

Athletes begin with skins on the bottom of their skis to aid their climb up the hill.

Once the racers reach the top, they lock in and race back down the mountain.

Schuh says the popularity of the sport varies from Canada to Europe.

“It’s a pretty small sport in Canada. It’s been growing the last couple years but in Europe it’s pretty big and events get televised.”

What’s most impressive when it comes to Schuh is this is just his second season in the sport.

After getting into ski mountaineering simply for cross training, he began to find a liking to the sport.

“It kind of became doing this for running and now I’m kind of starting to like it a little bit more than running.”

The team will leave for Switzerland on March 5th and will return from their trip on the 20th.

The teams trip isn’t all business however, as the team plans on doing some recreational skiing as well.

“We are going to Chamanes France for a while after and hopefully we’ll do some skiing in the Alps a bit.”

This will be Schuh’s first trip outside of North America and he says he’s grateful for the chance he has.

“I’m very excited for it. I think it’s a pretty special opportunity. I’m just thankful that everything is lined up and made possible.”

March 13, 2019

Crowsnest Pass Property Management wins award Crowsnest Pass Property Management returned from Edmonton winners of The Alberta Chamber 2019 Marketing Award of Distinction.

The business was named as a finalist earlier this year before receiving the award on March 1.

Loreena Russomanno, Owner of Crowsnest Pass Property Management, says that it’s a great feeling to be recognized for her accomplishments.

“It’s a great feeling to be validated. I knew that my marketing was strong and effective by studying my analytics, and watching my business grow every year but now to be recognized by a group of impartial judges who determined that my marketing is top in the province is a true honor and so exciting for my company.”

Becoming nominated was already monumental but with her unique approach for marketing the area of the Crowsnest Pass, her nomination quickly turned into being a finalist.

“The tipping point was my unique approach of developing Passquatch’s character as mischievous and using him and his shenanigans to highlight Crowsnest Pass in all of its beauty, along with the fact that I was marketing Crowsnest Pass (tourism and relocation) as well as my company.”

As for winning the award, Russomanno says the key to that was surrounding herself with specific people, including Sue Aris.

“Encouragement, laughter and support are essential elements of any victory. When you surround yourself with a team of high achievers who have the desire to see everyone succeed, success is inevitable. In amongst them is my friend and mentor, Sue Aris, who has been on my side for the last 10 years. Her insight, humor and encouragement has been priceless; add to that my family and friends cheering me on and I have had the best examples to follow and support team that any growing business would benefit from.”

Russomanno her plans for the near future are to enjoy the win and then she will start thinking about what’s next for her and the company after that.

“My husband and I will book a flight to somewhere warm, compliments of one of my property owners, to celebrate and enjoy some down time before I take things to the next level with my company. It’s going to be exciting but I will wait until I am about to implement it before I share.”

March 20, 2019

Music Festival The Crowsnest Pass Music Festival was once again a success.

The weeklong event saw many participants display their talents both vocally and instrumentally.

Local music teacher and President of the Music Festival, Tynan Groves, says there was something for everyone at this year’s festival.

“There was two days of piano, a day of guitar and a day of bowed strings. There was also two days of vocal and musical theatre.”

Groves also says that the main focus for the festival switched a few years ago to change the focus of the event.

“We switched from competitive to a focus on training the kids and put a focus on their learning experience. I think we’re really seeing the fruits of that now. It was a little difficult at first just kind of communicating with the adjudicators that we didn’t really want a first, second and third kind of thing.”

One thing that makes the festival so special in the Pass is the feeling of togetherness people receive while being a part of the event.

“The festival is fairly robust for such a small community. One adjudicator I talked to said that even in Lethbridge they don’t have all the family music and community music and the different participation we have,” said Groves.

Groves says he is thankful for everyone that makes this festival happen.

“This was a great festival this year. The adjudicators were awesome, the venues were fantastic and the schools are so accommodating. It was great.”

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Editorial and Opinions happy 2020 We are 90 yearS oLd First congratulations to us! This is our 90th year in business in the Crowsnest Pass! Happy birthday to us! If you notice the front page is an orignal scan of our paper. Sometimes I walk in these doors and pinch myself that I own the second oldest business in this community. First is Morency Plumbing and third is Summit Home Centre.

As it’s a new year, I have a new perspective on things that happen within our community.

I want to be clear here - I am writing this as a businessperson who has the interesting perspective of being a councillor. So in essence, I have a unique idea of what it costs to run this community and how poor we really are here.

Before running for council, I had no clue how this place was funded. I knew that we have very little industry and I knew that residents pay the majority of our taxes. What I didn’t know is how hard it is to run a community without a direct source of commercial income.

This community runs a $17 million budget.

That may seem like a big number, but this is money that needs to be doled out for infrastructure, sewage, road maintenance, staff, recreation facilities and non-profit funding. It’s a really small amount when you consider the fact that we have to take care of the infrastructure of five amalgamated towns.

Council agreed to only have a 2 per cent increase in taxes this year but to get there, we had to cut over $150,000 from what administration recommended if we were able to fulfill all the expenditures that we prioritized as requiring funding.

It’s a sad day when you spend 5- to 8-hour days of your life trying to figure out how many feet of sidewalks you can’t pave and how many potholes you can’t fill.

This made it so evident to me why we need industry in this community. Actually, why it’s imperative we figure out how to draw it here.

Riversdale Resources, Atrum Coal and Montem Resources all came to council to let us know where they are at in the permitting and/or exploration stage and it shocks me to hear members of the audience say it will not bring economic growth to the area. One just has to look to the west at Fernie, Sparwood and Elkford to see the impact industry has on their tax base. Riversdale isn’t going to open up a ‘pop-up shop’ mine. They are going through all the regulations related to the environment, water, fish, etc. at all levels of government, both provincially and federally. Let’s be honest - we have Liberal federal government that really does not like mining. Riversdale is under a microscope when comes to every aspect of its operations, both now and in the future.

I truly believe both governments are looking for reasons to turn it down. So to think that these mines will come in and pollute our rivers and wreck our air quality with no restrictions is ridiculous, even laughable. They will be held to the highest standards ever seen, based on the governments in power.

So bring it on! I sure hope you open your doors, or mine seams hire people and put money into this community, because then people will have money to spend and businesses will open to meet these needs.

LS

2019: A Year in Review March 27, 2019

New Gym opening Crowsnest Pass residents will have the opportunity to try out a new gym soon.

Crowsnest Martial Arts will be opening their doors in the beginning of April and will have programs for all ages and skill levels.

Head Coach of the gym, Dan Miller, says he always wanted to open a gym like this in the Crowsnest Pass.

“It was about bringing something at a world class level back to the Crowsnest Pass. When I left here in 2002, I went about trying to learn as much as I could about the sport with the goal of coming back here one day. I want to bring that back here.”

Miller adds he hopes that down the line, high-level athletes will come here and make it one of their main training locations.

People looking to get gym memberships will have a few different options.

“We have a general membership and we have both three and six month options. For an adult, the three-month option would be $109 per month and then the six-month option is $99 a month. So it's pretty affordable for the type of training that you're going to be getting and also a list of classes that we have,” said fellow coach Jen Klapstein.

There are also similar membership options for kids as well with a three-month membership costing $89 and a six-month option costing $79.

As for an official opening date, Miller and Klapstein are hoping for April 8th and are also planning a Grand Opening event for the end of April or beginning of May that will involve games and other activities for people who come.

benefit from these day trips.

“When our students host, they get to show off their home and they have a bit of a greater appreciation for it as well. When we were talking to our students, most of them have been to the Frank Slide but by showing it off and getting to play that tour guide they actually had a little more pride in it.”

Macdonald says that another benefit for these students is that connections are made during the process and how it teaches the students something.

“It’s nice to see the connections being made between students. These are kids who aren’t necessarily friends at the start but get to work together and share things with students from the other side of the world who are pretty much exactly the same. It’s just they speak a different language.”

The group from Finland left the Pass on Sunday April 7th.

The second part of the exchange will see students from CCHS go to Finland in the fall.

April 3, 2019

Crowsnest has talent The Bellecrest Seniors are sponsoring Crowsnest Has Talent this Saturday, April 6th.

The evening will include performances by Torie Wakaluk, Luka and his Ukrainian Dancers, the Senioritas as well as many others.

The event, organized by Wendy Harrington and fellow seniors, is a chance for the community to come together and have some fun.

“I thought it would be really fun to get together as a community young and old, not just seniors,” said Harrington.

The proceeds of this event will go to the seniors to help fund different costs they face but Harrington doesn’t want the money to be the focus of the event.

“This is more than the money. It's great to have a cause, to have a fundraiser but this is to be together and for people to get to know the community better.”

The talent show will take place at the Bellevue Legion and like last year is sold out.

Harrington says without the help of fellow seniors, the event would never have been this successful.

“There are a lot of people helping me. They’ll be ladies going in to set up the tables, getting the snacks together, making popcorn and buying treats. There are also the tickets and the posters. There are many hands that make this work. The support of the seniors to help me has been phenomenal.”

April 10, 2019

CCHS welcomes Finnish Exchange students Nine students and two teachers from Finland had the opportunity to experience life in the Crowsnest Pass.

The group from Kitee, Finland arrived on March 30th and have been spending time with their host families and have also gone on day trips around southern Alberta.

Teacher Krysta Macdonald says that one of the main ideas behind this exchange is to really give these students a chance to learn about a different culture.

“Part of the focus is living integrated into a family. It’s been a really great experience for the students.”

So far, the students have made trips to Fernie and Lethbridge as well as the Bellevue Mine, Frank Slide, Coleman Museum and Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump.

Macdonald says it’s not just the Finnish students that

9 students from Kitee Finland made the journey to the Crowsnest Pass for as part of a weeklong exchange program. The students toured sites like the local mine and Frank Slide and also spent time with their host families as well. The second part of the exchange will see students from CCHS travel to Finland in the fall.

April 17, 2019

Outdoor Learning Environment Horace Allen School has partnered with the Olds College Horticulture Program to continue the process of creating the Peak to Prairie Outdoor Learning Environment.

23 students from the program are currently in a course called “Sustainable Sites.”

This course is based around a real project that the students can immerse themselves in for the three-week course.

Grade 2 teacher Lesley Margetak, says the idea to partner with a post-secondary institution came after they found they needed more specifics on what they wanted to do with the area and that’s when Olds College stepped up.

“Our outdoor classroom was needing a more specific plan so a student teacher that we had said why don't we try to get one of the university or college programs to look at designing. So that's what we did and Olds College responded and said they would be interested.”

Margetak says the school has been working on this project for a while and that they want to implement things from different areas of learning.

“We wanted to include something from all areas of the curriculum. So something from science, like a little archeological dig area, a musical area, a butterfly garden as well.”

The students from Olds College were split into eight groups that will each create a master plan for the area.

Once the plans are complete, Margetak will travel to Olds and watch presentations from the different groups before making a decision on which plan is preferred.

Horace Allen is also working towards being labeled a nature-focused mountain school and the outdoor learning environment is another way that Horace Allen is looking to reach that.

“Basically we are looking at a program to connect our kids with nature daily and build resiliency and responsibility so that they will be stewards of the land and help the environment. It's all kind of a big package. It's so exciting,” said Margetak.

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Riversdale Rippers

Sidney Stella Communications Coordinator

Developed in partnership with Riversdale Resources, the Riversdale Rippers Apres School program was established in 2018 to give kids an altitude adjustment by getting them outside and active at Pass Powderkeg Ski Area.

This partnership allows us to not only offer the program to youth, but also subsidize it to ensure all kids have the opportunity to ski or snowboard with their friends in a fun, safe environment.

Included in registration are lift passes and rentals, if required.

The program is offered on Wednesdays from 5-6 p.m., Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m. and on Fridays through the Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills for ages 6-13.

While the Riversdale Rippers Apres School program features a whole lot of fun, it also focuses on skill development, learning and mountain safety.

Last season, over 50 kids from the Crowsnest Pass region joined the program and we are on track for just as many joining us this year. It’s thanks to Riversdale Resources’ generous contribution that we can offer this program to so many youth in our community.

Interested participants can register for the program on the Pass Powderkeg website at https://www.passpowderkeg.com/ home/riversdale-rippers/

Sidney will be writing a bi-weekly column talking about what’s ‘on the go’ with Riversdale and answering FAQs. Have a question?

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2019: A Year in Review April 24, 2019

MMA Fighter Melissa Croden Knocks out the competition The Crowsnest Pass was well represented by MMA fighter Melissa Croden at Rumble in the Cage 61.

Croden won the fight with a Technical Knock Out in the third round of her championship fight.

This win gives Croden the opportunity to go to the world championships later this fall if she waits to turn pro.

Croden began her journey in MMA roughly six years ago after graduating as an EMT. “I couldn’t really find a job and had to find something to fill my time with,” said Croden.

She began her training with local product Dan Miller at a gym in Calgary and never stopped.

“I started competing and slowly built up to a higher level. I had some tournaments and got prepared to enter the cage for the first time.”

Croden says that when she was younger, she did some taekwondo training and that some of those movements have transferred nicely into her MMA fighting.

Croden’s training has taken her a few different places in the Pass and says that some of the areas she’s found herself in have ended up helping her in the cage.

“Before the gym opened in the Pass, we ere pretty much training wherever we could. Sometimes it would be the MDM before or after classes and sometimes we would go and train outdoors at parks if the weather was nice enough. It actually worked out well for me. When we were training in the community gym we were forced to work in a smaller space and had to be more aware of what was going on around us.”

The training seems to have paid off, as Croden was very pleased with how she fought.

“This fight was probably one of my best performances. I spent a little bit more time than I have in the past as far as ring time goes but I felt hyper technical in this

fight. I stuck to my game plan; I was dominant throughout all the rounds.

Croden added that she felt she could feel herself having more control throughout the fight.

“I’ve always wanted to be a tactical fighter I guess.

I’m starting to feel myself get towards that goal a little more.”

As for the exposure she’s given the Crowsnest Pass, her coach Dan Miller says it’s the best kind of exposure possible.

“It's a good trajectory to show people how far they can take it. When you come to a community and are trying to get everyone aiming towards that common goal, it's good to know that goal is attainable. Having someone competing at the national level is good because it inspires people to want to do the same.”

May 1, 2019

Crowsnest Lifestyle Show

The 31st annual Crowsnest Pass Lifestyle and Outdoor Adventure Show took place on Friday April 26th and Saturday April 27th.

The show included 67 vendors that ranged from home businesses to different sports vendors and everything in between.

“There was a home based business market. There were also vendors such as, Crowsnest Golf Course, JA Building, Castle Mountain, Alpenland and Davis Dodge.

There was also a family area with Skye and Chase from Paw Patrol and mini golf,” said Event Manager Des Erdmann.

The show gave the community a chance to see different aspects of the Crowsnest Pass and what the area all has to offer.

This year’s turnout suffered in comparison to previous years but Erdmann believes that was due to the timing of the event more than anything else.

“Turnout out was a bit lower this year most likely to do with the event being after Easter weekend and families having their children out of school but was still a great show with something for everyone.”

Erdmann says she is pleased with the amount of community involvement over the course of the show and would like to thank the Ends January 31, 2020 volunteers and everyone in10%off all cemetery monuments volved who helped make the event run smoothly.

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May 8, 2019

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A new tool has been created to help guide visitors through the 12 heritage cemeteries of the Crowsnest

Pass.

Ian McKenzie launched his first book at the Crowsnest Museum on Wednesday May 1st titled Guide to the Heritage Cemeteries of the Crowsnest Pass.

McKenzie has previously researched and written papers and articles on other Pass history topics but brought this project a step further than some of his previous work.

“Originally I was going to make a nice pamphlet. Any time I worked on it, it kept getting bigger. It got to the point where I had to stop calling it a pamphlet. I didn't know what to call it. So I started calling it a booklet but finally when I had to make a table of contents for it, I said it's probably a book,” said McKenzie.

The idea for this book came from McKenzie not wanting the history of regular residents to be forgotten.

“I just think that there are so many people that are forgotten by history. Those are the ordinary people, not the famous people or the special people just the ordinary everyday people that really helped create the Crowsnest Pass. Some people who were buried in our cemeteries we know very little about. Sometimes all we know is what was written in the newspapers.”

McKenzie says the book can be read on it’s own but that it’s best utilized when using it while visiting a cemetery.

May 15, 2019

Pass Herald give ISS students a newspaper experience Eight students from the grade 4 and 5 classes at Isabelle Sellon School have been given the chance to learn more about the newspaper industry.

The students will be writing their own pieces for the Pass Herald and will also have the opportunity to come see how the paper is put together.

The student’s will be doing creating the content with little aid from the teachers.

The students were able to pick their topics and write the pieces on their own with the teachers only making sure they stay on topic.

The students laid out their stories with owner Lisa Sygutek and they were published in the paper.

May 22, 2019

CCHS Art Students decorate and donate chairs for charity Earlier this year, the CCHS shop class built six Adirondack chairs that will be sold to different businesses in the Pass.

Now that the building process has been completed, the CCHS art classes are now painting the chairs using different themes from around the Crowsnest Pass.

The six designs include Hikers going around Crowsnest Lake, Crowsnest Mountain and with big horned sheep in the foreground of the mountain, a rainbow trout, the burmis tree, butterflies with wild flowers from Alberta and the ski hill with skis and poles.

Art teacher Sherri Shannon says this project has been a learning curve for the students.

“Painting these chairs with different attractions from the area gives the Pass another thing to sell tourists on coming and seeing as well.”

“The friends of the library wanted the chairs to reflect the area. That way these chairs can be used as a tourism draw and I know they're hoping it will be included in the th Crowsnest Pass magazines in the summer so people can seek them out and go get pictures them as well. I think it's really giving to the community and I like that it's going to be very unique to the Crowsnest Pass,” said Shannon.

The chairs were completed by June 6th with the school will be hosting a chili lunch for the businesses that are purchasing chairs.

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2019: A Year in Review May 29, 2019

Local teacher launches second book Local high school teacher and author Krysta MacDonald has recently released her second novel.

This book, titled, ‘To Air the Laundry’, takes place in 1969 in an unknown Canadian city.

“The entire book takes place in one day and it follows a woman who's been married for just under a year. She's trying to figure out her role. Plus something happened in her past that's a secret and she's spending today trying to decide if she should tell her husband or not. So there are all these little things that bring it up again and again throughout her day,” said MacDonald.

MacDonald says this book falls under women’s literature and is a literary fiction with an element of historical fiction as well and says the book is rather timely with some of the current events in the world.

MacDonald says it wasn’t planned but that having this book out now may provide people with an interesting topic to have conversation on.

June 5, 2019

Local students nominated for Leadership Award Grade 12 student and 2019 valedictorian Hayley Fast has been nominated for the Lloyd Cavers’ Leadership Award.

Fast has been involved in many different aspects of the community of the years.

“I work with 40Developmental Assets. It's a nonprofit organization in the community that assists youth in building assets that are proven to develop them into better citizens. It also helps educate them in better choices to steer them away from alcohol and drug abuse. I'm also on the protective services board and volunteer my time there.”

Fast says she’s also spent time volunteering at the food bank in the past as well.

Fast’s contributions don’t stop there either as she was the chair of the regional council for all six schools in the local division and was also the chair of CCHS’s council this year.

Fast says she is honoured to have been nominated.

June 12, 2019

Soap Box competition The grade six students at ISS are nearing the completion of their soapbox cars.

The students have been working hard over the last couple months creating and building a design.

Each soapbox car has been sponsored by different businesses in the Crowsnest Pass.

June 19, 2019

New bus needed for seniors The seniors at York Creek Lodge are looking for help in getting a new bus to transport them around the area.

Currently, the seniors are using a bus that simply doesn’t give the seniors what they need.

“The bus we have isn't very safe. It's costing a lot to repair and if we get eight or nine people in, it gets crowded. We want two people with wheelchairs to be comfortable and it isn't so. We have four or five with walkers that they need and some of the walkers fold up nicely and others don't fold up and it's awkward,” said Walter Pasztetnik, a senior who uses the bus regularly and is also on the committee that’s trying to raise the funds for a new bus.

The purchase of a new bus for the seniors will open doors for the seniors and fellow senior Mary Knutson says it will be nice to have something they can rely on again.

June 26, 2019

Outdoor Learning Fundraiser Horace Allen School held a Festival on the Field fundraiser on June 24th as a way to continue increasing funds to help build the new Outdoor Learning Environment at the school.

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The festival included live music from the Mountain Misses, face painting and games for kids, hotdogs and hamburgers and a silent auction.

There were also two presentations throughout the evening."We're really excited that we have this area. We do feel very fortunate and we want to be able to take advantage of the scenery we have and to encourage nature study with our kids." says Teacher Lesley Margetak Margetak says they still aren't really certain when the Outdoor Learning Environment will be completed.

"There's about seven different areas that we hope to integrate together. If we could get one area done a year that would be great. It also might never be completely done. It might always be evolving a little bit."

July 3, 2019

Mystery Town game A new game is coming to the Crowsnest Pass.

Mystery Towns is a game where people purchase the Crowsnest Pass version online to receive a code which users can put into the Mystery Towns App on their smart devices and follow the game from there.

The app is free but it costs $59 a team when receiving the code online.

Heather Davis, Owner of Uplift Adventures and one of the many people involved in the creation of this game, says the game combines a few different games people may know.

“The game is part scavenger hunt, part Amazing Race and part mystery.”

“This started last year with Uplift Adventures when they started doing historical tours in downtown Blairmore. I was looking for a way to make them a little more fun for more people. There's a lot of good information but it was just about how we could make it more engaging for people. I started looking around and seeing what other areas were doing and found a company called Mystery Towns. I met with them last year and we started chatting and I started figuring out how we could implement something like this in the Crowsnest Pass. I was talking with the Museum as well and we found a grant through the Tourism Growth Innovative Fund and we applied and ended up getting some money from this grant.”

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2019: A Year in Review July 10, 2019

Crowsnest Outdoor Society begins new chapter The creation of Crowsnest Outdoors in 2015 by Heather Davis, Elliot Bridgewater and Jon Fearns has grown immensely over the last few years.

When they began the group, it was a way for a few residents to get out and enjoy all the area has to offer.

Now, after almost four years, the group has exploded and is taking the next step in its continued growth.

Under new guidance of President and Trip Coordinator Kayla Green, along with other board members and Trip Leads like Cole Fawcett, the Crowsnest Outdoors Society is now a membership-based group.

Fawcett says the main reason for this new step was the rapid growth over the last couple of years.

“The biggest reason behind why we ended up moving to a membership-based society is that we've seen a lot of growth. It's become this delicate balance of making sure that everyone who's a member is really enjoying themselves and then as volunteers we enjoy ourselves too.”

After conversations with their members to discuss what’s best for the group, Fawcett says there will now be a limit on member activities.

“We asked them what kind of group sizes they wanted and the resounding answer was that groups larger than 20 aren't enjoyable. There might be some activities with as few as six to eight participants but the majority will be in the 15 to 20 people range.”

Fawcett says having a members based society will give trip leads an easier time organizing and executing a hike.

“When we have 30 people come out on a hike it's very flattering and it speaks volumes to the fact that the community wants to get out and wants to be involved but it's also a big challenge to administer a hike for a group of 30 people.”

Fawcett says he doesn’t want people to get the wrong idea for why the group is now member-based.

“I really want people to leave with a feeling of Crowsnest Outdoors is not trying to exclude anyone and become this high end club. It's far from the case. We have found with those that support us and have become members do have expectations. We also don't want to lose volunteers where they're potentially struggling because they feel they don't have the ability to lead safe and fun activities and have fun as well.”

As for becoming a member, the only criteria is that prospective members read the Code of Conduct posted

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July 17, 2019

Pass Piranhas Swim club in full swing

The Pass Piranha’s Swim Club held their swim meet over the weekend. 227 swimmers from clubs around southern Alberta took part in the meet. The Piranhas will continue their season over the next few weekends as they travel to different meets around the province.

The Pass Piranhas Swim Club has been training and competing hard so far this summer and there’s still a lot of competition left.

Head Coach for the Piranhas, Ryan Plante, says the team enjoys their time in the pool together throughout the summer.

Plante says the team will take part in a number of meets over the summer months leading up to the provincial meet later in August.

“There's 10 swim meets throughout the year. They're pretty much every weekend except for the July and August long weekends. Our provincial meet is the third weekend in August in Edmonton.”

There are currently 41 swimmers in the club right now with ages ranging from 5 to 62-years-old.

Plante has been coaching the Piranhas for the past two years.

He started last year as an assistant coach doing the junior programs and mini programs and has spent this year as the clubs Head Coach and spends most of his time with the older swimmers and says he enjoys every minute of it.

"I love it. It's absolutely the dream job. I get to work at an outdoor pool. I have an amazing group of 40 kids that I coach and come work with every day. Every single day there is improvement in the water and at swim meets everybody's getting personal records. It's amazing."

Plante is also able to help these swimmers learn things that will help them outside of the pool and in day-to-day life.

“I think swimming is one of the greatest sports to teach people mental perseverance, how to be more responsible and autonomous. During swim meets, they're pretty much on their own for preparing and eating the right stuff and being in the right places at the right times.”

Plante says the team works hard and that they are able to grow because of it.

“For how hard they work in practices every day, there's some definite mental perseverance you have to learn to swim laps for two hours on end. It's not something that's super fun all the time.”

July 24, 2019

Atrum Coal beginning their mining journey in Crowsnest A new coal company is planting its roots in the Crowsnest Pass.

Atrum Coal is an Australian listed company on the

ASX. It has been involved in the Canadian metallurgical coal development since early 2012.

They initially focused on the groundhog coalfield in Northwest BC. In 2013, Atrum began their journey here in a joined venture with Elan Coal before acquiring 100% of the asset early last year.

Atrum Coal will be mining north of Riversdale and the Grassy Mountain Project in the Elan South area. The mining location is 13 km north of Blairmore.

Managing Director and CEO of Atrum Coal, Max Wang, says they are thrilled to be in the area.

“This is a well-established coal mining community and that's one of the main reasons we put the effort onto this project. We are very excited.”

Atrum began their testing process last year drilling 37 holes to confirm the resources and coal quality in the area.

This year, Atrum plans to expand that 110 new holes.

“Last year we started significant drilling in Elan South to prove we have a significant amount of coal. This year is going to expand the drilling in the area and density of the drilling to increase the resource definition and also improve the resource classification and make it more definitive.”

Senior Director, Regulatory and Stakeholders, Tony Mauro says Atrum is still very early on in their journey.

“We're an exploration company. We are right at the beginning of the exploration stage. We are at the very beginning of many of our relationships. We are at the beginning of data collection for our baseline studies. We are trying to collect the information environmentally so that we can assess the project against it but we don't even know what the project layout is going to be yet because that will be the subject of the drilling that we're hoping to complete this year.”

From a timeline perspective, Wang says Atrum is about two to three years behind Riversdale in the approval process.

August 14, 2019

Doors Open recap The 14th annual Doors Open and Heritage Festival was labeled a success by organizers.

At the Crowsnest Museum, Shannon Ingram spent time organizing the Teddy Bear’s Picnic, movie night and the pub-crawl and she says it all went very well.

“It went really well despite the construction that's been going on in Coleman. We had a really good turn out.

We had around 80 children that came to our Teddy Bear's Picnic, 20 people who came out to the movie night and around 50 people that came to the Booze and Bars pubcrawl.”

For the Community Market, organizer Jane Ann Reimer says the nice weather was a added benefit and that overall the turn out was good as well.

“It was a very good weekend. We had good weather.

The day of the market was a little bit breezy but we had lots of people out.”

Reimer says that she had 31 vendors at the event along with music for people who attended to enjoy as well.

Ian McKenzie, a volunteer with the Crowsnest Heritage Initiative, says the overall event seemed to be a success.

“Generally it went well because the weather cooperated and most events seemed to go without a hitch.”

McKenzie says he noticed difficulties but also heard positives regarding attendance near the construction.

“I think it was a significant impact on the museum.

The construction took away the front steps to the museum so the only access was through the back door, which isn't handicap accessible and not very easy to find. I feel that any of the events that took place in Coleman were affected by the lack of parking and the difficulty of accessing some of the parking areas and events but I heard that they were fairly successful overall as well.”

McKenzie says the event was enjoyable and that he’s already looking forward to next year.

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2019: A Year in Review August 21, 2019

Weed control in the Crowsnest Pass The Crowsnest Pass is doing what they can to control the amount of weeds that make homes in the area.

According to Agricultural Fieldman for the Crowsnest Pass, Bill Hnatiuk, the municipalities program Agricultural and Environmental Protection Services deals with multiple areas.

“As far as our work and our program, it's set up for education, inspection, and enforcement and to actually do the physical labor we have most of our time spent on vegetation management.”

Hnatiuk says there are three main acts that they deal with.

“We deal basically with the weed control act, the soil conversation act and the agricultural pest act. We delve into other ones that are sub to those acts but those are the three main ones.”

The program also receives some funding for their work.

“We also have funding that provides us to do minimal restoration work along bed and shore riparian zones within the urban areas where the waterways flow. It allows us also to inspect also into the rural areas and then pass information on to any agencies we deem necessary for assistance.”

Hnatiuk says it’s important to stay on top of the weeds in the area because of the flow of the land.

“We are at the front lines so to speak to prevent propagation of weeds and costing us all consumers’ additional costs and we're trying to prevent that. We're looking specifically for soil conservation issues more so along right-of-ways along bodies of water to try and maintain good water quality because that water all travels east.”

There are two classes of weeds under the Alberta Weed Control Act that Hnatiuk deals with.

The first is prohibited noxious weeds.

These weeds require full destruction of the weed to prevent it from becoming a regular occurrence in an area.

The second is the noxious weeds.

These weeds are labeled to be in the areas and must be kept under control to limit the competition with native plants and crops.

When it comes to weed control, Hnatiuk says they use multiple different measures to keep the weeds under control.

Hnatiuk hopes more people will become aware of the problems in the Pass.

“Eventually we will get to each and every one but what we'd like to see happen is people get on board with the fact that this is an ongoing problem and weeds are going to be here. In the mean time we're doing our due diligence and being good stewards of our environment and trying to control the spread and if we can remove the prohibited noxious weeds because eventually they get to the point they end up on the noxious list, which we don't want because then you have to accept that they're there.”

August 28, 2019

Safety for travellers reasoning behind speed changes on highway Drivers will need to slow down through the Crowsnest Pass now more than before.

The Municipality of the Crowsnest Pass has made several changes to speed limits on highway three in the area after talking with consulting firm ISL Engineering, Alberta Transportation, Volker Stevin and the Solicitor General.

Starting in the east end of the Crowsnest Pass, drivers will now stay at 80km/h following the Bellevue/Hillcrest intersection at 213 Street and 9 Ave all the way to Frank instead of being able to increase their speed back up to 100km/h after the intersection.

Mayor Painter says the reasoning for this was keeping drivers safer when going through the slide.

“The logic behind the changes around Frank was that people needed to slow down to 80km/h to get through the Bellevue-Hillcrest intersection for a short amount of time before jumping back up to 100. We were having a considerable amount of incidents through the slide where there are people not paying as close attention to the highway as they should because of the slide. It was suggested by a consultant who did a review on the highway that we stay consistent with the 80km/h through the slide.”

Travellers will now also slow to 50km/h when mak-

ing their way through Frank.

This change was advised in order to keep all residential areas consistent at 50km/h throughout the community.

Drivers will still be able to increase their speed to 80km/h between Frank and Coleman.

The third change to the speeds in the area is at the east end of Coleman.

The 50km/h zone has been extended past the Servus Credit Union.

Mayor Painter says this is another safety change.

“This change was to accommodate the turnout intersection at the Servus so people can make that safely at 50km/h rather than 80.”

The final change is to the west end of Coleman that sees the 60km/h zone extended was for Transport vehicles.

“The reason to change the 100km/h zone at the end of west Coleman was to allow transports to get up to 100km/h before they hit that steep grade corner. They had a hard time achieving highway speeds when they were doing the 60km/h up the incline and then be expected to be at 100km/h right away,” said Painter.

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The Challenger International Soccer Camp was held at ISS last week. This camp gave kids the chance to learn more about the game of soccer and also increase their skill level in the sport. Kids were able to enjoy a full week of fun activities out on the field.

September 4, 2019

of the work they are doing.”

Croft says that they have just over 50 customers that will be impacted by this phase of the project.

September 11, 2019

BearSmart Program sending letters for Bear Dog Program The local BearSmart program is currently looking for help in reinstating the Karelian Bear Dog Program.

A BearSmart representative says that having this program in place increases safety for local residents.

“Our goal in bringing the Bear Dog Program back is to have a non-lethal but successful approach to safely keeping wildlife out of residential and rural areas like homesteads. The goal is that it's less impact on the wildlife and it's good for the communities to keep wildlife where they belong.

The representative also states that having animals in the area is unavoidable but that with the dogs in place, there will be less interaction with the public. “ In areas like ours where we live in a major wildlife corridor, it's expected that there's going to be bears, moose, cougars and all other types of wildlife. The dogs played a huge role in keeping those animals in their own habitat but at a safe distance and people were able to function safely as well.”

One way the BearSmart program is looking for help is letters of support for the bear dogs.

Anyone who is interested in signing a form letter is able to do so at the Pass Herald Office.

The representative of BearSmart says there are also other ways of sending letters.

“They can also email us at cnpbearsmart@gmail.com or phone us at 403-563-8723 and we will get them a letter if they would like that as well. People can write their own letters as well but these are an option for people who aren't sure what to write.”

The letter writing process will continue until the BearSmart program receives word from the provincial government.

“I'm continuously sending letters in until Roger Reid tells me that we're done. As many as I can get as soon as I can get them is best but there isn't a set deadline so far.

Right now we're focusing on the letters and as soon as he gives me the go ahead, we'll start bringing in media and we'll start making it more prominent again.”

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Fortis conintues to upgrade Pass power lines FortisAlberta is moving into phase two of their electrical distribution system conversion in the Crowsnest Pass.

The power company began the operation of the Municipality’s electric system in November of 2015 and had their acquisition approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission in 2018.

Since then, Fortis has begun upgrading the current system in the Pass.

In September of 2018, FortisAlberta began their first phase, which saw a new power line built from an existing line on the north side of highway 3 near Blairmore.

That phase was done to align the system in the Pass to their electrical standards and also created an alternate power source for the customers in the area.

Tanya Croft, Marketing Advisor, Customer Experience and Communications for FortisAlberta, says they are beginning phase two.

“Right now, this is the second of our multiphase upgrade to the Crowsnest Pass. This is to improve service reliability and tie the system into our automated control centre. Now, the work being done this week is continuing with the distribution system conversion. For this phase in particular, the area affected will be between 18th and 19 avenue and 132 and 135 street.”

Croft says that the work being done isn’t too complex but it will take some time to complete.

“We're just upgrading and replacing power poles. The reason it's impacting customers is because a lot of those poles are actually on people's front yards, so that restoration that's taking place will impact certain customers when we do that work in the area. We expect this phase to be wrapped up by the end of September.”

Any customers that are in the area of the work will be notified by Fortis during the process.

“Any customers that are impacted by any specific work on their property will be contacted through our contact care centre as well as our crews are around the area right now and are going door to door advising customers

Pictured Left to Right: Amber Stafford (ISS Front Office Receptionist), Jen Schlender (Women of Steel Co-Chair), Allison Thompson (Honourary Woman of Steel) and Sarah Thompson (Women of Steel Co-Chair).

The Woman of Steel have donated 88 backpacks to schools in and around the Crowsnest Pass ahead of the new school year. This is the eighth year the group has done this project. The Women of Steel are donating backpacks and school supplies to schools in the Crowsnest Pass, Sparwood, Fernie, Elkford and Jaffray. The donations were all anonymous and were distributed to the students on the first day of school. The backpacks were donated to students from Kindergarten through to Grade 12. These donations help ensure all students are fully equipped and ready for a new year.

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2019: A Year in Review September 18, 2019

Researchers looking into Parasites found in Crowsnest Pass Researchers are currently working in the Crowsnest Pass looking for signs of Whirling Disease.

Senior Fisheries Biologist, Government of Alberta, Clayton James and his team have been working in the area running different tests on the parasite responsible for the disease.

The testing first began in 2016 after the parasite was found in parts of the Crowsnest.

“In 2016 it was found in the Bow River, Red Deer River, it was found in the Oldman Drainage and particularly it was found in the Crowsnest River. Researchers took about 206 fish and every single pool of fish in the Crowsnest tested positive. Out of all the watersheds I've looked at through my time here, Crowsnest has the highest prevalence. Tests so far are 100 per cent prevalent, which is concerning because it's a very popular fishing destination,” said James.

More research began in the following years.

“We decided to look a little bit more in detail at the

Crowsnest last year. We did some electro fishing. What we found was in the lower Crowsnest, we started seeing some clinical signs,” said James.

Part of what makes the Crowsnest a possibility for the parasite to live is that both hosts for the parasite are found in the Pass.

James says they are still hard at work to determine what the end results could be.

James says there are no current plans for dealing with the parasite until they truly know what they are dealing with.

“It's tough to answer anything definitively. We still want to make sure that what we're seeing is caused by whirling disease. We don't want to jump to any conclusions and take any unnecessary actions.”

September 25, 2019

Recreation programs getting underway for fall and winter months The municipality recreation programs are getting underway for the fall and winter months.

Community Services Programmer, Tracey Linderman, says there will be many different options for residents.

“There's lots of different opportunities for residents

over the coming months. Our gymnastics program will begin in October and we also have a pickleball program coming up in October and that's available for everybody.

Right now we run it during the daytime but I'm going to schedule some evenings because there are people who want to play but can't during the day.”

The gymnastics program is still scheduled to start on time as the construction for the new area is nearing completion.

Linderman says they also have many different yoga and health class options for residents.

“We also have yoga coming up and our exercise for life which is now in its ninth year. That runs Mondays and Wednesdays. That program is pretty much run on donations and we get some funding from the Crowsnest Pass Ag Society. We have Tai Chi and we also have an Essentrics for pain relief. There are also youth boot camps, adult strength and cardio circuits, Yoga-Lattes Matwork and deep stretches and Parent and ME Yoga for parents with preschool aged children.”

Families will also have the opportunity to take advantage of the open gym times on Fridays throughout the winter.

For more information on programs start dates in the Crowsnest Pass this winter, residents can go online to the Recdesk information area on the Crowsnest Pass website under recreation.

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2019: A Year in Review October 2, 2019

Teck continues water innovation Teck is revolutionizing the way they treat water.

At their current operations in Line Creek, Teck is using a water quality treatment facility that takes the water affected by the mining in the area and removes selenium and nitrate from the creek.

The reason for needing treatment facilities is that waste rock is generated when mining the coal.

The waste rock is then stored in large dumps.

Water will then travel through these dumps and picks up substances like selenium and nitrate as it goes along.

The water then enters into the watershed after passing through the rock dumps, which can harm the water quality if there are high enough concentrations of selenium and nitrate left over.

“We recognize that active water treatment facilities are quite complex so in line with continuous improvement in our research and development program with looking at alternative treatment technologies, SRF's are showing a lot of promise.”

October 9, 2019

Roger Reid update Local MLA Roger Reid was at the council meeting on Tuesday, October 1st to provide an update to council.

Reid says since being elected, he’s been able to visit the Pass often.

“I've been to the Pass multiple times since April 17th and have been meeting with lots of different constituents down here.”

Reid also says he is looking forward to working with the local council over the next few years.

The first session for the new government was a successful one according to Reid.

“We had a very aggressive spring session. The Premier had all of us up in Edmonton right away and we sat for seven weeks straight. We moved 13 pieces of legislation in those seven weeks so this is a government that felt it was important to roll up our sleeves and get right to work. It was a good first session for us.”

Reid says he expects more of the same in the upcoming fall session as well.

“The sense is this fall will be the same thing. We're actually going back to sit starting October 8th, which is two weeks earlier than we normally would. So the Premier has a fairly aggressive schedule for the legislature this fall all for the benefit of Albertans.”

Reid says a main point of focus for the provincial government will be the budget.

“A major piece of legislation will be our 2019 budget.

I know that the executive cabinet is working diligently on that and we'll begin to review some of that right away.”

The update from Roger concluded with council asking Reid to take a few topics back with him to Edmonton for further discussion.

Council asked that Reid look further into how rural policing will be funded, rural hospitals and also how the community can move forward with recycling.

Reid says he has also began looking for some clarity on rural policing in smaller municipalities and also says the government wants to look and see if we can find some new opportunities for industry in terms of how there can be effective recycling in communities.

October 16, 2019

Two local seniors win volunteer award Two local seniors were honoured at a senior’s day celebration in Edmonton on October 1st.

Margret Ann Woodward and Margret Stolk were the recipients of the Alice Modin Award, which is given to volunteers aged 65 or older who have been volunteering for at least 20 years.

Both Woodward and Stolk have been volunteering in different ways in the Crowsnest Pass for the last 50 plus years.

Woodward has spent 25 years as a volunteer for the girl guides along with many other areas of service and is currently still involved with the hospital auxiliary and is also a treasurer for the Bellecrest Community Association and Bellecrest Seniors.

Part of Woodward's volunteer work with the hospital auxiliary is fundraising to purchase items for extended

care and will also put on birthday parties as well.

Stolk also volunteers with the hospital auxiliary and also volunteers for the Hillcrest Society creating the planters for the town.

In previous years, Stolk spent time volunteering for bridal showers, weddings and funerals as well as canvasing for different organizations in the community.

Woodward and Stolk also spent many years volunteering at the annual turkey supper.

Woodward and Stolk are both extremely grateful for receiving this award.

“This was a real honour. This is something you don't expect would ever happen to you,” said Woodward.

October 23, 2019

New electrice drive tractors A new and more efficient tractor is coming to Canada and the U.S. Arie Prilik, vice president of sales and marketing for MTZ Equipment Ltd., says that new electric drive tractors will be available across North America soon.

October 30, 2019

Pumpkins in the Park The Coleman Community Society is gearing up for the 20th annual Pumpkins in the Park event on November 1st.

The annual event has been a hit in the community over the years and President of the Coleman Community Society, Jane Ann Reimer, is hoping for a turnout similar to last years.

“Last year we had over 300 pumpkins and at least that many people as well. We're hoping for similar numbers this year as long as the weather is reasonable.”

Treasurer for the CCS, Francine Kilgannon, says in all the years the event has occurred, there’s only been one year cancelled due to poor weather conditions.

“This is our 20th year. In all that time we've only had to cancel once and that was two years ago due to snow.”

The evening will allow families to walk the Miner’s Path in Coleman while viewing all the donated pumpkins lit by small tea lights.

Reimer says the event is a good way for people to get out and enjoy the community.

November 6, 2019

CCHS students go to Finland Students from CCHS returned home from a cultural experience in Finland last week.

The students were able to continue growing the relationships they began building during the first part of the exchange when the Finnish students came to the Crowsnest Pass.

CCHS Teacher, Krysta MacDonald, says the trip serves as an eye opening experience for the students.

“The strength of the trip is in the experience of actually living with a family. They do a little bit of sightseeing but it's more just being immersed in a culture and a country in their everyday life and seeing how different but also similar we are in a lot of ways. Opening their eyes to the experiences of that is one of the biggest things they gain.

MacDonald says the students are full of stories about the things they were able to experience.

November 13, 2019

Council Youth Representative Council has found a way to help increase youth involvement with the local government.

Council had been looking for ways to aid the local youth in becoming more involved in the community and Mayor Painter says they found their inspiration through a regional council meeting where they heard Elkford had involved youth in their council.

“Once we discussed it more, we went out to our high school for them to pick who they wanted as their representative. They chose Tiana Hamilton who's their student council president to sit on our council. Last week was our first meeting with her in attendance and we are all very excited. She's a very enthusiastic person and we look forward to what she brings to the council table.”

November 20, 2019

Upgrades to Highway 3 The Government of Alberta has announced that they

will be putting $4.4 billion into highways across the province.

While almost half of that amount will go towards stretches of highway in Calgary and Edmonton, the Crowsnest Pass will also receive some upgrades.

Over the last months, council has requested three main upgrades to Highway 3 in the area.

All three requests have been included in the funds.

Highway upgrades in the area will include a centre lane through Frank and two new sets of traffic lights at the Bellevue/Hillcrest entrance and Highway 3 and Highway 40 in Coleman.

November 27, 2019

Christmas Cottage Linda Petrone’s love of Christmas has blossomed into a dedicated room for Christmas and winter decorations year round at her local store Copy Magic.

December 4, 2019

CARES update During the Council meeting on Tuesday, November 26th, a summary was provided by InnoVisions & Associates on ways to capitalize on economic opportunities in the Crowsnest Pass.

According to the information collected, 88 per cent of businesses in the Crowsnest Pass are owned by local residents and of the 464 licensed businesses, 98 per cent are small businesses with four or less employees.

The top four business categories in the area are construction, retail, accommodation and food services and other such as lawn care, home care etc.

Over 80% of the businesses interviewed indicated their two main challenges were lack of housing and access to workforce talent.

Now that council has this information, they along with the Economic Development Committee, the Community Futures, Chamber od Commerce and business leaders should continue to look at ways to collaboratively strategize to build capacity on the assets of the community and address some of the challenges that are currently present in the Crowsnest Pass.

December 11, 2019

Mountain Spirit Festival Volunteers in the Crowsnest Pass helped create the Mountain Spirit Festival this year.

Joni McFarlane, along with other volunteers, spent time putting on the weeklong festival that began with an art and writing competition for students in the Pass.

The idea for this festival comes from the International Mountain Day, which was created by the United Nations to help increase the attention to the importance of mountains.

December 18, 2019

Council passes budget Council passed the 2020 Municipal Budget this week.

There will be a two per cent increase for residential and commercial taxes this year.

That tax increase would break down to $45 a year or $3.75 for a $300,000 assessment on a residential property.

For a non-residential assessment at $500,000, the breakdown would be $130 tax increase or $10.83 a month.

Council will also be funding new initiatives in 2020.

In total, council budgeted $1,304,300 for new initiatives in 2020.

Christmas Greeter The Pass Herald produced it’s 89th Christmas Greeter.

As of 2020 this newspaper is 90 years-old. Happy Birthday to us!! Here’s to 90 years more.

We hope you enjoyed our Year in Review, it’s interesting to see what has happened in our community over the last year. We are the gatekeepers of the history of the Crowsnest Pass. It’s our honour to be your only locally owned and operated newspaper. Many newspapers have come and gone in our community and we are still here.

Hope you all have a safe and wonderful 2020 and I look forward to seeing what in going to happen in the future of the Crowsnest Pass.

We are resilient, we are proud and we are magnificent.

There is no mountain we can’t move to be the best community in Alberta - LS.

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Obituary

ANNE PHILIPPA ROSE BOSETTI (Née: Watson) January 12, 1933 ~ December 21, 2019

Anne Philippa Rose Bosetti passed away peacefully in the loving presence of her family on December 21, 2019 at the age of 86 years. A confidant, friend, mother and grandmother, she provided unconditional love and support to her family. Her greatest pride was in their accomplishments.

Anne was born January 12, 1933 in Wetaskiwin, AB to George and Violet Vincent Watson, immigrants from the Isle of Wight, and sister to Thomas Watson and Bunty Tiley. As a young nurse in the Crowsnest Pass, AB she married the love of her life, Rino Bosetti. She was a devoted mother to Dr. Shelley Bosetti-Piché and Dr. Lynn Bosetti, and grandmother to Harrison Nesbitt of New York, Philippa Nesbitt of Paris, Dr. Matthew Piché of Australia and Gillian Piché of Vancouver.

Anne will be remembered for her radiant energy, elegant style and love of dogs. While a city girl at heart, she retired with Rino to the family ranch, which she continued to manage to her final days. She has been a role model and source of inspiration to many and will be dearly missed.

Anne’s family extends their gratitude for the care and kindness provided by Debbie Fantin and home care.

With respect for Anne’s wishes, a private family service will be held with Rev. Nicky Keyworth officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Crowsnest Pass SPCA (PO Box 725, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0), or the charity of your choice. Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca).

Fantin’s Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. (403) 562-8555

Obituary

RONALD WILFRID COLLINGS July 2, 1927 ~ December 17, 2019

Ron passed away peacefully at the Crowsnest Pass Hospital on Tuesday evening December 17, 2019. Dad was born in Coleman, AB to Herman Collings and Mary (Lemear) Collings and remained there most of his life leaving only to go away to play hockey. Ron was an athlete from an early age playing all sports through his life from baseball, curling, & golf, but his passion was hockey. At 17 he went to play with the Drumheller Miners, Coleman Grands and a couple of years he played with the Nelson Maple Leafs in the WIHL. Toby loved his fly-fishing from an early age and continued doing so while he was strong enough to walk the rivers, from the Elk River, Livingstone River and Alexander Creek with his sons and grandsons. There were many fishing memories from the many trips with his family Collings’ and Jenkins’ and of course lots stories of the big one that got away.

At 33 years old Dad went back to school at SAIT to take Petroleum Technology on the advise of a smart man, Cyrus Fabro and that was the start of a long 32 year career with Westcoast Energy, Saratoga Gas Processing Ltd. Dad was a member of over 64 years with BPOE Lodge #584 and over 30 years with the A.F.& A.M Sentinel Summit #26. He was also an active volunteer within the Crowsnest Pass community.

Ron was predeceased by his loving wife of 64 years D. Doreen Jenkins in August 2017; his parents Herman and Mary; his very special in-laws George (Shorty) & Phyllis Jenkins; his sister Hazel; brother Weston; and granddaughter Candance.

Left to celebrate his life is his daughter Susan (Norman) Hodgson; sons Dean (Pauline), Garth, Gary (Michel) and Grant (Sue); his grandchildren Tamara (Robert) Schwindt, Katherine, Justin, Landen and Olivia; his special great grandchildren Ashton & Londyn Schwindt and Theo Collings; brother-in-law George & Madeleine Jenkins; brother-in-law George Davey; Very Special Niece Catherine (Bill) Cherlenko; nephews Michael, Jake (Cyd), Bobby Collings; nephews Brett (Catherine) Jenkins, Mark (Carla) Jenkins; his very special cousins in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; and the many extended Collings & Jenkins family members.

Dad and Mom had so many close and wonderful friends that lasted from childhood and on. We would like to thank them for their kindness, friendship and support. We would also like to thank Karen Shue a very special lady from Home Care, all the staff at the Crowsnest Pass Lodge who went over and beyond with kindness and care and the staff at the Crowsnest Pass Hospital and Extended Care. Our hearts are full of gratitude to all.

Papa we will miss you always but know you are out walking with Mom and Yogi down a beautiful path along the water and we thank you and Mom for your unconditional love and support throughout our lives.

In lieu of flowers donations to the Crowsnest Pass SPCA (PO Box 725, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0), the Parkinson Association of Alberta (#120 – 6835 Railway St. SE, Calgary, AB T2H 2V6), or the Crowsnest Pass Health Foundation (PO Box 455, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0) would be gratefully appreciated.

A Celebration of Life for Ron and Doreen will be held in early spring 2020 at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel.

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Obituary

ANNIE IRENE FISHER March 11, 1935 ~ December 22, 2019

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Annie Fisher of Coleman, AB. Annie was called to be with the Lord on December 22, 2019 at her home with her loving husband, Jerry by her side. She was 84 years of age.

Annie was born on March 11, 1935 in Blairmore, AB to John and Bernice Habdas. She attended the Blairmore Elementary and High School and upon completing grade twelve, she obtained employment with Royal Bank of Canada in Blairmore as “Current Accountant” for two years.

She then decided on a teaching career by enrolling at the University of Calgary. After completing her studies, she accepted positions at Huntsville School in Iron Springs, AB, St. Basil’s School in Lethbridge, AB and at three Calgary Separate schools. Most of her teaching experience in Calgary was at St. Gerard’s School where she made many fond memories. Later, she returned to the Crowsnest Pass and married her sweetheart, Gerald “Jerry” Fisher of Coleman, AB in 1969, and they celebrated their fiftieth anniversary this year. Annie spent the remainder of her teaching career at M.D. McEachern School in Bellevue, AB until her retirement in 1988. She was a proud member of the Alberta Teachers’ Association in Edmonton, AB. Beside her love for teaching school, Annie was a good homemaker, spotless housekeeper and a loving, caring person. She enjoyed keeping in close contact with family, camping at Woodbury Resort, BC each summer, travelling and making yearly snowbird visits to Arizona. For another pastime, she found pleasure in watching “Wheel of Fortune” on TV and cheering on the Calgary Flames.

Annie was a special person in our lives and although she has moved from this life to her final resting place, memories of her will dwell in our hearts forever.

Annie will be dearly missed and lovingly remembered by her husband, Jerry; her sister, Elsie Stevulak; her sister-in-law, Mary Habdas; her brother-inlaw, Gord Fisher; her nieces and nephews, Brenda Hill, Cathy (Len) Stevulak, Michael (Dana) Stevulak, Lori-anne (Ron) Pansky and Tracy Beaulieu; as well as many other family members and special friends.

She was predeceased by her parents, John and Bernice Habdas; her brothers, William and John Habdas; her sisters-in-law, Shirley Fisher and Eileen Habdas; her brother-in-law, John Stevulak; and her nephew, Terry Habdas.

The Funeral Service was held at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel (13461, 20 Ave., Blairmore, AB on Monday, December 30, 2019 at 11:00am with Rev. Renso Castellarin officiating.

Donations in memory of Annie will be gratefully accepted by the Canadian Cancer Society (www.cancer.ca). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

Fantin’s Funeral Chapel entrusted with the arrangements. (403) 562-8555

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