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February 9, 2022 ~ Vol. 92 • No. 6 $1.00

Crowsnest Pass Serving the CnP SinCe 1930

Fight for Freedom

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Residents from the Crowsnest Pass and surrounding areas took part in a protest against vaccine mandates. The protest was held at the pullout area between Frank and Blairmore and saw around 50 people take part. Protests continue to take place across the country.

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Thank You

The Riviere family would like to thank everyone who supported us during this difficult long journey of Hank’s illness and passing.

We felt so much love through phone calls, visits, cards, food, messages and other kind gestures.

Thank you to Pastor Al Robinson and Kyla Cytko for their help and words of comfort.

A special thank you to Dr. Maritz, Dr. Bell, Leah from Home Care, the Continuing Care Staff and Nursing Staff at Crowsnest Pass Hospital for their professionalism, care and compassion.

Thank you to Sheila-Rae at Fantin’s Funeral Chapel for helping us navigate all the details and arrangements.

Your care and kindness was so appreciated.

~ Mary Lou Riviere & family

Gymnastics Program flourishing DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The local gymnastics program is continuing to grow with more and more interest over the years.

The program has also just expanded to include competitive programs.

"We offer programs from walking to teens.

We start with a parent and tot level and work all the way up to our advanced gymnastics. This is the first year we have joined the Alberta Gymnastics Federation and we're offering a competitive program. We have 22 kids in our competitive program and they went to their first meet in Lethbridge on January 21st and did really well," said

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The competitive program is available to kids of all ages as well.

"We start with our tumble stars and then they work their way up into our development classes and then they go to our excel program, what we call our junior Olympic program."

Linderman adds that a new society has been created by parents to help lower costs for travel.

"The parents with kids in the competitive program have started a society to fundraise and help cut the costs of what it takes to go to these competitions.

They're called the CNP Tumbler Society. They are actively fundraising now for their group."

Linderman says anyone who doesn't want to take part in the competitive side of gymnastics are still able to take part in the recreational programs the municipality offers.

The gymnastics program is beginning to become a bit more of a year

The municipal gymnastics program has branched out into offering competitive programming. The competitive program took part in their first competition on January 21st in Lethbridge. Kids took home over 10 ribbons from the event. The competitive program will have their next event in Okotoks.

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round program.

"Our gymnastics program runs from September until June and then we run a couple of summer camps. We do take a bit of time off in the summer but have those two summer camps now," said Linderman.

According to Linderman, the growth of the program over the last couple years has been very positive.

"Our gymnastics program has been in the community for at least 15 years. It has grown greatly. We now have around 138 registrants. It could be what we are all offering now that helped it grow. The kids love it.

We have three wonderful certified instructors and we have a coach in training as well. It's exciting to have a program like this in our community."

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In the lIne of fIre Between January 31 and February 7, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 43 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

One (1) assaults, two (2) break and enter, one (1) mischief/vandalism, one (1) theft of motor vehicle, three (3) disturbing the peace, one (1) other criminal code, four (4) other provincial statutes, eleven (11) driving complaints, five (5) motor vehicle collisions, five (5) assistance to general public, four (4) suspicious occurrences, two (2) assistance to other agencies, two (2) 911 calls, and one (1) coroners act.

Theft On February 1st, 2022, there was a complaint of theft of a sled trailer, a 1989 Honda TRX ATV and a 2006 Yamaha ATV from a rural property near Lundbreck. The theft occurred sometime overnight.

Suspicious Phone Call On February 3rd, 2022, there was a report of a suspicious phone call asking for Visa Cards. The caller claimed to be a Sergent from the RCMP and that the previous phone call was legitimate. No further information was exchanged. A reminder to residents that RCMP does not call people asking them to

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purchase VISA cards. Do not exchange any information to these types of calls.

Slashed Tires On February 3rd, 2022, there was a complaint of slashed tires on a vehicle parked on 127 Street in Blairmore. The incident occurred overnight.

Suspicious Male On February 4th, 2022, there was a complaint of a suspicious male walking down 25 Avenue in Bellevue yelling. Patrol was made and the male was walking to his residence and was warned about yelling.

Attempted break in On February 7th, 2022, there was a report of an alarm at a commercial business in Coleman. Police attended and observed that a break in was attempted as the door was damaged.

Suspicious Phone Call On February 7th, 2022, a resident reported a suspicious call from a person saying they were from Stars Lottery and that the person had won a vehicle but need to pay fees in order to get the vehicle. No further information was ex-

changed.

Residents be aware of phone scams saying from Border Services that there is a suspicious package for them and possibly warrant for arrest.

Reminder to residents and owners of PETS, do NOT leave your pet in vehicles in the extreme heat, it could be extremely fatal to your PET Reminder to property owners to lock your doors and vehicles.

Also mark your belongings and record serial numbers of tools and other important items.

Reminder to residents of computer scams, credit cards scams, Grandparent scams, Revenue Canada scams asking for money or cash cards and saying warrants out for arrest, do not give out personal information to persons you don't know.

DO NOT OPEN EMAILS if you are suspicious of its origin. Do NOT purchase gift cards for payment to Revenue Canada.

Do not send monies to person claiming you have won a prize and need to send money for delivery.

The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

Freedom. (and Justice.)

The year was 1974, and I asked people if they knew of a nice place I could take my girlfriend, now my wife, for a memorable dinner. It was to be a special time, and I was willing to spend a week of my wages. They told me of a great place on McLeod Trail.

I made a reservation, and we got dressed and went. There was a bit of a lineup and I was behind a couple of First Nations people, perhaps entertainers. He had a threequarters-length buckskin jacket decorated with beadworks and beautiful jet long black hair. The bouncer at the door stopped him, placing one arm across the door, and said, no hippies. The aboriginal man just turned around and he and his girl left. We were next. The bouncer looked at me and said, no blue jeans allowed. He pointed at a sign saying no shirt, no shoes, no service. I had a shirt and shoes and my blue jeans were new off the rack. We went somewhere else.

I came to Canada on a plane in 1967. I was a kid, and I was seated between two chain-smoking adults. Commercials about cigarette smoking said it makes you a man.

I didn’t dare to feel bad about the smoke, but it was hard to breathe. A few years later I was smoking myself, a pipe. I liked people coming over saying how much they enjoyed the aroma, and my hero Albert Einstein used one.

A few years later, we were barred from smoking in most places and sat in “smoking sections” later sent outside and later told to stay a good distance from public doorways. No freedom.

I will not bore you with seatbelts laws, restrictions on firearms, drinking, and driving, or any of the other freedom restrictions. Even feeding stray cats or having hummingbird feeders are now illegal, and letting your chihuahua run in a park is a problem but, what the heck. We are the “free world” and China is the “oppressed people.” Our officials boycotted the Olympic games to show them who is boss. The Chinese said the Olympics are not about politics and invited the Russian president instead. We know that if we couldn’t beat Afghanistan in 20 years, we better not pick a fight with Russia and China and they know it too.

In my lifetime, China rose from a starving backward place exploited by western empires to the fastest growing economy in the world. They doubled their life expectancy, while ours is dropping, and their middle class has doubled in size in just a

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few years. Some people had to give up some “freedoms” but overall they are doing not so bad. We who have freedom ship them raw materials and buy from them goods and junk produced in “Our” factories over there. Their lack of freedom doesn’t prevent them from buying our best houses and resources. The crucial difference is that their billionaires are not holding up most of their money. If we compare their Uyghur population to our native population, we may be surprised.

Back to “freedom.” Yesterday I saw in Coleman a snowplow driving slowly with a banner saying “freedom.” The driver looked smug, searching for demonstrators to cheer for him. Considering that most of us here are older and many have some preexisting health conditions, I didn’t see cheering adoring crowds. We also don’t know how to get money from rich Fascists to destabilize our democracy. Unfortunately, our Premier was told another story and publically caved in.

Witnessing the fall of his Federal Party’s leader and the surrender of his neighbor east from here, he grabbed the stage, promising to remove restrictions from Alberta and force municipalities to do the same. This is a repeat of his “best summer ever” fiasco on steroids. Unfortunately, some of us will pay with our lives for his mistakes and all of us will pay economically. Well, he is worried about the few unvaccinated truckers blocking a highway and the uninformed farmers supporting them ready to fight.

In reality, this caving into minority misinformed groups that block major export routes to get their way is setting a dangerous precedence. It encourages people to break the law if they can gather a few friends and act. Wearing a mask in public or getting vaccinated hurt no one, but not getting feed for your livestock or losing full shipments of farm produce does.

Canadian soldiers fought, suffered, and died, so we Canadians will have “freedom.” Now demonstrators against measures to protect us from a health disaster are pissing and dancing on their graves. They are eating steaks and roasting pigs paid for by far-right unnamed “donors.” They bask in glory by the admiration of students who only want to party and don’t care about health care workers and other law-abiding essential workers.

At these hard times, we must do a critical assessment of the situation. We live in an older community and many have vulnerable relatives and loved ones. I am compromised. My neighbour has an older mother in long term and so it goes. If restrictions are removed and municipalities lose their “freedom” to make rules relevant to the area, some will be in ICU, others will die and nurses will quit. I know some who are seriously contemplating it. When we open up prematurely again, the few votes of loud far-right visionaries will not count for much.

I am against forced vaccination, but we were railroaded into the situation and I wish to stay alive. I don’t care about Trudeau, yet he is cornered now. The standoff must end before it ruins the country. Sadly, some hard-working good drivers will pay.

They can tell the media that they are moving out to save the suffering Canadians, not the arrogant leader. They should take the vaccine and remain our heroes. There will be a Liberal leadership review some time and drivers don’t forget.

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PPK enjoying solid season, high interest in uphill track DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

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The Pass Powderkeg is enjoying another successful season.

Manager Katherine Seleski says that a newer addition to the hill has been received greatly by the community.

"This is our second year using the uphill track and really officially having that option. We've been really thankful to have it because it's something that's been an upward trend with Covid with people wanting to get outside in a safe way.

We're seeing a big uptick in backcountry and uphill skiing. This trail allows us to safely provide an uptrack that offers our guests a chance to experience PPK in a safe and controlled manner. A lot of people in our community use it for fitness as well."

There is also a night session on the uphill trail that has seen a solid turnout.

"We're also doing an uphill night once a month. We're doing a Tuesday night uphill se-

ries, which has had great support from the community. There is around 30 people coming out for these nights and doing scavenger hunt races."

Seleski says anyone interested in using this trail can purchase a pass for it.

"We ask that people purchase an uphill pass.

They cost $25 and they can be purchased online.

People are also required to fill out a waiver and then people are more than welcome to use it as long as they are following our rules that are all on our website at https://www.passpowderkeg.com/home/uphill/."

Seleski says they have sold about 45 uphill passes this season.

PPK has had a solid season overall as well.

"This year has been really good. We knew we'd be busy and that's still the case. With Covid it has been difficult but our community has supported us and we've really enjoyed having everyone join us. We're really starting to see the

positives of our Learn to Turn program. That program has done really well this year. We're seeing people who are new Canadians and we've had a very diverse set of users this year. We've had people who originally came from Argentina, China, eastern Europe, Russia and Taiwan. We've had tons of people from all over the world joining us."

Seleski says this year PPK has sold more seasons passes than last year.

"We're very thankful to have our community support us as much as we do. We love seeing all of our new and returning faces every day. We're looking forward to continuing on this season.

We've got lots going on in the month of February as well. We've got free night skiing on a Saturday and we've got a scavenger hunt we just announced as well."

For more information on PPK and what they all have planned for the month of February, check their website passpowderkeg.com.

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Editorial While you are all celebrating Valentine’s Day with the people you love, I’ll be remembering one man in my life I loved beyond words.

It just seems like yesterday, not five years ago, I followed the ambulance from Buddy’s house to the hospital to have him die in my arms while I rubbed his head and told him how much I loved him and what type of impact he had on my life. I remember holding him and thinking, “How am I going to live without him in it?” After losing my mother and father in short succession, I wasn’t sure I could deal with another loss; I wasn’t sure I was strong enough.

It’s surreal to sometimes think that I buried the most important three people in my life all within 30 months of each other. When it’s quiet and I’m alone, it still takes my breath away.

Every day I walk into work, I look into his office and I can see him sitting behind his desk answering the phone and doing his editorials. He hated answering questions so he would yell, “Lisa, you need to deal with this!” I can still hear him in my head and I smile.

Buddy was the most wonderful man I have ever met. He was opinionated, but kind. He was friendly to everyone he met. He was my best friend and a grandparent to all my boys. He was a giant amongst men. He led an incredible life. You don’t make a lot of money running a newspaper so he subsidized his income with second jobs. These jobs included a taxi driver when he was 16, often picking up the prostitutes from the train station on the weekends and taking them to the red light district in Frank; he was a mortician’s helper, a mechanic and owned a Honda dealership. He could fix anything and loved making remote planes that he flew at the Cowley Airport. He touched people in ways I have rarely seen in anyone. You couldn’t help but like him.

I have learned a lot through grief. I have learned how to live by watching others die. I have learned to never settle because you don’t want to die with regret. I have learned to not judge anyone, because we have not walked in his or her shoes. I have to say that in my 30s, I was a judger and a gossiper. I don’t do that anymore with anyone.

After graduating from university, I was set to conquer the world. My future life did not include three boys, but rather a corporate job in the city. I was going to do things and make a name for myself.

It was a hard pill to swallow when I got pregnant and went to work at the Pass Herald. For years, I thought I had wasted my life and education. Now as I look back and my boys are turning into men, I realize that I was able to attend all their concerts, all their milestones, because I worked at the Pass Herald.

I was able to go to work at 10ish (Lisa time) and leave whenever I wanted, but most importantly I was able to walk through the front door of the Pass Herald and spend five days a week with Buddy Slapak. Looking back, I really think I won the lottery. He was the most amazing man I have ever met. He was like a father; a mentor and he made me a better person. He was my best friend and he was so proud of the woman I was becoming - he was my champion. How lucky am I to have had that wonderful man in my life? How blessed am I to be so loved unconditionally? A lot of times, he’d answer the phone and I would hear him say, “Let me get Lisa. She’s got six years of university and she chooses to work at the Pass Herald.” He was so proud of me. He made me feel invincible.

So on Valentine’s Day, I will celebrate the love of my life, Buddy Slapak. The world was better having you in it and not a day goes by that I don’t think of you and miss you with everything I am, but with that hurt comes comfort that I was blessed to have you in my life. How many of us feel that kind of love, an unconditional, completely acception devotion like I did?

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Just a spoon full of sugar Dear Editor; As I sit poised at my computer, skillfully bringing my blood pressure down to a healthy reading, I find myself experiencing feelings of shock and sadness at the vindictive ‘Letter to the Editor’ submitted by Mr. David McIntyre.

I am proud to be “an elderly, airy-fairy dogooder who bakes the cakes and cookies to share

with others. I am proud to be a “retired reformer” who is involved (does not control) on many community, church, and provincial committees that contribute countless volunteer hours for the betterment of us ALL. I hold my head high as a “retired renegade” who believes that we are very conscious of the many environmental issues plaguing us today. I am proud

Difference of opinions Dear Editor; Over the last couple of decades David McIntyre and I have exchanged differing ideas on several topics. He calls me the "resident social anarchist", because I disagree with most of his environmental views where he disagrees with many of my views on economic development. The letters we write have been respectful to one another's views despite our disagreements.

The letter from David in the Feb. 2nd edition, however, crossed that line

into being blatantly insulting by calling retired people "bold and unshackled vanguards", "wildly unrealistic and interfering", idealists", "meddling cunning, "dangerous, alarmingly effective", "retired renegades", "silverheads", 'loathsome, rebellious", and being "weedy, starry-eyed, delusional". What baffles me is why he has descended into tossing out such vindictive, vitriolic, deprecating comments. As a strong environmentalist, how can he in the same

to be a “retired, booksavvy silvered” who does the necessary research and who listens to both sides before coming to an educated decision. I am proud to be of this “granny and gramps” generation. This does not mean, however, that I am just going to sit back and take the remarks of a “petulant youngster”.

We ALL have much to offer, whether it was in our past, whether it is in our present, ir whether it will be in our future. We

ALL have been given a voice to express our opinions and concerns. My hope is that ALL (or many) of our opinions and concerns will be presented in a respectful manner.

I encourage everyone to listen to opinions and concerns with a listening ear, a proactive voice, and most of all, a compassionate heart. Be true to yourself, and remember that ALL generations matter!

breath say we are "dangerous" because we "act in defense of Earth" and protect it from "humanity's impact", and talk like it is something to abhor by being "unflinching environmental activists"? Isn't that exactly what he has been, in all the time we have exchanged letters?

David, you are not much younger than I am, so if not a senior, very close to being one. Further, at least for the last ten years, and maybe closer to 20, have been retired, so your attack on seniors and/or retirees is a classic case of "pot calling the kettle black". Can

you tell me that you have not been "flaunting your love affair with wildlife, culture, clean air, freeflowing water, oldgrowth forests, threatened landscapes, and endangered species"?

I am offended by your insinuation that some seniors are somehow misguided and "deranged" by advocating for the same things you have been for as long as I can remember. I feel insulted, and you should feel ashamed for publicly condemning others for things you do and say yourself.

Bonnie Castellarin

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How to host a socially distant wedding 43

Herald Contributor

It’s likely that few people heard of “social distancing” prior to 2020.

That changed as the novel coronavirus COVID-19 spread rapidly across the globe and the world found itself in the midst of a deadly pandemic.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines social distancing as keeping a safe distance of at least six feet between yourself and other people who are not from your household.

Public health officials continue to champion social distancing while acknowledging the fatigue that many people have experienced as the pandemic stretched on for months. Though much of the world hit the proverbial pause button, life went on during the pandemic. Perhaps nowhere was that more evident than at the altar, where many couples still tied the knot, albeit in scaled back ceremonies that adhered to social distancing guidelines in their communities.

Engaged couples who have yet to tie the knot no doubt recognize that planning a socially

distant wedding will not be the same as organizing more traditional ceremonies and receptions.

While planning a socially distant wedding presents some unique challenges, couples can take certain steps to ensure their big day is memorable and safe.

• Spread the socially distant word. Let guests know what they’re in for should they decide to take part in the festivities.

Many people have strictly followed social distancing guidelines, while others have been reluctant to do so. Couples intent on keeping themselves and their guests safe from COVID-19 should emphasize that their weddings will be socially distant affairs so there’s no confusion come the big day.

• Stream the wedding online. Stream the wedding online for those guests who won’t be in attendance. By the end of 2020, millions of people had already “attended” weddings via platforms like Zoom, so loved ones may be experienced virtual guests by the time couples walk down the aisle in 2021. Couples

who may need some help planning virtual affairs can visit the virtual wedding coordinators at Wedfuly.com, who recently partnered with Zoom to help couples bring their ceremonies online.

• Pare down the inperson guest list. Couples who planned large weddings prior to the pandemic can still invite all of their loved ones to witness the festivities online, but pare down the in-person guest list to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Limit in-person guests to immediate family and those people who are part of your social distancing bubble.

• Plan a party for down the road. Couples can still celebrate their nuptials with family and friends down the road. Plan a post-pandemic reception and let guests know you will fill them in on the details once social distancing restrictions have been lifted.

Socially distant weddings may require couples to take some unusual steps as they try to tie the knot while keeping themselves and their loved ones safe.

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Factors to consider when planning your wedding day timeline

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The notion that “timing is everything” is applicable in many situations, perhaps none more so than on a couple’s wedding day. Many couples spend months, if not years, planning their weddings in the hopes that all that hard work will ultimately result in a day they will cherish forever.

The sheer volume of things to do on a wedding day can make couples feel overwhelmed. Those feelings can be overcome by emphasizing timing on the day of the wedding.

Wedding day timelines will differ depending on variables that are unique to each couple’s wedding, but the following are some factors to consider as couples organize the big day.

• Venue(s): The schedule couples adhere to on their wedding day will be greatly affected by

their choice of venue.

Does the venue have somewhere on premises for the couple and their party to get ready? Are the ceremony and reception being held at the same venue? Before creating a timeline, consider the location of the ceremony and reception venue(s) and the accommodations each provides.

Getting to and from multiple facilities won’t be an issue if couples choose a multipurpose venue where they can get ready, tie the knot and dance the night away all in one place. Couples who will be moving from venue to venue throughout the day must build the time it takes them and their party to get about into their timelines.

• Wedding party: The size of the wedding party also bears consideration when planning a wedding day timeline. Large parties will require more

time to get ready, and that should be factored into couples’ timelines. Large parties also may be harder to corral and transport from place to place, so couples should build some extra time into their timelines to account for that. Small wedding parties can be easier to manage, so couples with small parties may be able to begin their timelines a little later in the day than those with large wedding parties.

• Weather: Weather is the most unpredictable variable couples need to plan for on their wedding days. As the wedding day approaches, couples can monitor the day’s forecast and then make any necessary changes to account for inclement weather.

Getting around in a rainstorm will likely take longer than moving about on a sunny day, so some minor tweaks to the timeline may be necessary if storms or another type of inclement weather is in the forecast.

Couples can access wedding day timeline templates on various websites. But it’s important that couples remember that their weddings are unique, so online guidelines might not be realistic. A careful consideration of a handful of variables specific to couples’ weddings can help them craft timelines that make their big day go smoothly.

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Simply Selles Musings from your local reporter Over the past couple weeks, many truckers made a journey to Ottawa to raise their voices against the latest mandates set out by the federal government surrounding vaccines.

Truckers across the country have also made their way to various locations creating blockades to protest these mandates.

This has been an incredibly complex issue over the last two years and there are reasonable reasons for both sides of the argument.

Upon their arrival to Ottawa, a few of the participants of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” began peacefully protesting.

Of course, there were also a number of people who took things so far past reasonable protesting you begin to think they no longer know what it is they’re protesting.

One sight from the past few weeks was someone with swastikas on a Canadian flag.

To believe that having that symbol on a Canadian flag helps your case is shocking and downright appalling.

Other protesters decided to dance on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and deface the Terry Fox statue.

These types of actions only harm the argument you are trying to make.

At this point, protestors have lost any credibility they had when they first started.

I find the main problems always revolve around politics.

Discussions on politics always go from zero to 100 instantly.

It seems like it’s impossible to have an actual conversation about anything government related these days.

It’s “my way or the highway” for everyone.

This topic is one that I have a stance on but I’m not ruining relationships with friends over.

In fact, I have a friend who won’t get the vaccine for different personal reasons.

That one decision he’s made doesn’t suddenly mean we have nothing in common and I have to begin hating him for his decision, which seems to be the leap so many people have taken with this topic.

While I’ll never truly understand his decision, I still respect him.

The thing I don’t understand with the Freedom Convoy is the sense they have to do this or the world, as we know it will never be the same.

I have all the time in the world for people who are peacefully bringing up their viewpoints on this.

What I don’t have time for is the people who are reaching so far out there to grasp some kind of reasoning, that they’re dislocating their shoulders. (I have to bring a little bit of humour into this topic) I recently saw a post circulating that states, “If you leave your children a world where you never stood up, they’ll inherit a world where they can’t.”

I don’t understand this idea that these mandates will suddenly lead to not having any freedom at all.

I find that the people at these protests don’t truly grasp what freedom is.

Believe it or not, even in Canada throughout this pandemic, we haven’t even come close to the restrictions on freedom so many others face around the world and saying that we have is a massive slap in the face to the millions of people who don’t have access to what we have.

The idea of freedom is an interesting one.

A friend of mine recently posted a couple paragraphs from a book titled, Making Sense of God by Tim Keller, a well-known theologian in Christian circles.

In the book Keller lays out a sound view on what freedom today looks like.

These next few quotes may be long but I think it outlines the way we should be looking at freedom.

In his book he states, “Modern Freedom is the freedom of self-assertion. I am free if I may do whatever I want. But defining freedom this way – as the absence of constraint on choices – is unworkable because it is an impossibility.”

Keller goes on to give an example of an elderly man who likes to eat whatever he wants but also loves to spend time with his grandchildren and how he’ll have to make a decision to stop eating whatever he wants if he wants to continue spending time with his grandchildren.

Keller goes on to say, “The modern definition of freedom is the ability to do whatever we want. However, how does that definition work when your wants are in conflict with each other? This is the complexity of real life. He (the grandfather) can accept either the limits on his eating or the limits on his health. It is impossible that he will have freedom in both areas. There is, then, not just one thing called “freedom” that we either have or do not have.”

The final quote I want to use from Keller demonstrates that freedom isn’t black and white.

“We see, then, that freedom is not what the culture tells us. Real freedom comes from a strategic loss of some freedoms in order to gain others. It is not the absence of constraints but it is choosing the right constraints and the right freedoms to lose. Some might object to this way of framing things. You may grant that freedom is the choosing of the right restraints. Then you might say “But these restraints are the ones that I have chosen. So that still makes me free by today’s definition, because I am free as long as I am doing what I want. That’s too simplistic. You don’t really freely choose most of these necessary limitations in life. You are just recognizing the limitations that are actually there in the world, that are independent of your desires and choices. For example, we have a body that is designed to do some things and not other things, and we only experience physical freedom when we submit our wills to the body’s limits. When you eat and exercise right, you have the freedom to live in ways you could not do without the stamina and health that comes from these regimens.”

For me, what Keller describes as freedom is how we should all look at freedom.

We have incredible freedom in this country and some still choose to abuse it.

I think it’s incredibly important to take time, pause and think about the hills we want to die on.

What we feel is truly worth fighting for.

I hope we can all realize how much freedom we all have and will continue to have living in a country like Canada.

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Hillcrest Fish and Game Trophy Day for 2020 and 2021 DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Trophy Day results for 2020: Adult Rifle Typical White-tailed Deer: 1st – Charles Clarke – 138 2/8” 2nd – Lanny Amos – 131” 3rd – Norm Farn – 123 4/8” Typical Mule Deer 1st – Christine Clarke – 158” 2nd – Diane Friel – 150 1/8” 3rd – Kristina Jones – 143 5/8” Typical Elk 1st – Spencer Dorge – 309 4/8” 2nd – Darren Dorge – 302 1/8” 3rd – Tiffany Payne – 267” Moose 1st – Austin Rose – 124 5/8” 2nd – Conrad Verbaas – 67 6/8” Pronghorn 1st – Fiore Olivieri – 76 4/8” 2nd – John MacGarva – 75” 3rd – Tiffany Payne – 74” Black Bear 1st – Rochelle Abma – 15 15/16” Cougar 1st – Fiore Olivieri – 14 13/16” Out-of-Province – White-tailed Deer 1st – Cade Nixdorf – 87.2% (148 2/8”) Adult Archery Typical Elk 1st – Charles Clarke – 192 7/8” Typical Mule Deer 1st – Darren Dorge – 165 4/8” 2nd – Charles Clarke –

100” Adult Game Bird Pheasant 1st – John MacGarva – 36 1/2" Turkey 1st – Frank Green – 8 3/4" Youth Rifle Typical White-tailed Deer 1st – Kayden Olsen – 134 7/8” 2nd – Kyler Olsen – 121 6/8” Typical Mule Deer 1st – Owen Olsen – 162 1/8” 2nd – Logan Olsen – 143 5/8” Typical Elk 1st – Logan Olsen – 186 6/8” Black Bear 1st – Logan Olsen – 15 12/16” Youth Archery Typical White-tailed Deer 1st – Logan Olsen – 86” Youth Game Bird Pheasant 1st – Jonah MacGarva – 35 3/4" 2nd – Josh MacGarva – 34 1/2" Ruffed Grouse 1st – Owen Olsen 2nd – Logan Olsen Bob Williams Memorial Hunter of the Year Award Spencer Dorge – Total of 561 6/8” Frank Sickoff Memorial Most Dedicated Member Award Lanny Amos Adult Fishing Cutthroat Trout 1st – Junior Olsen – 17 1/2" 2nd – Jordan Wilson – 13 1/2" Rainbow Trout

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The Hillcrest Fish and Game Association held their annual Trophy Day on Saturday, February 5th. The event provides members an opportunity to celebrate the top hunters and fishers of the season.

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Tropy Day rrsults 2021 Adult Rifle Typical White-tailed Deer: 1st – Neil Sagrafena 141 7/8” 2nd – Rochelle Abma – 89” 3rd – John MacGarva – 88 6/8” Typical Mule Deer 1st – Austin Pool – 161 4/8” 2nd – Frank Green – 142 4/8” Typical Elk 1st – Darren Smaniotta – 323” 2nd – Brooke Dorge – 305 7/8” 3rd – Neil Sagrafena – 287 3/8” Moose 1st – Jason Ripley – 139 3/8” Pronghorn 1st – Neil Sagrafena – 75 6/8” Black Bear 1st – Neil Sagrafena – 17 12/16” 2nd – Norm Farn – 15” 3rd – Skyler Vanderlinden – 12 13/16” Adult Archery Black Bear 1st – Tyler Riewe - 17 1/16” Adult Game Bird Pheasant 1st – John MacGarva – 37 1/2” Youth Rifle Typical White-tailed Deer 1st – Owen Olsen – 89 1/8” Typical Mule Deer 1st – Emily Goosen – 157 2/8” 2nd – Kayden Olsen – 146 5/8” 3rd – Jonah MacGarva – 139 5/8” Black Bear 1st – Rushton Ripley – 20 15/16” 2nd – Owen Olsen – 13 13/16” Youth Game Bird Sharp-tailed Grouse 1st – Josh MacGarva – 0.874kg Blue Grouse 1st – Owen Olsen – 0.832kg Shed Hunting (New

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - CrowSNeSt PASS HerALD - 13

John Barlow discusses Conservative Party Leadership DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The Conservative Party of Canada recently announced the departure of Erin O’Toole as party leader.

The decision comes after the majority of caucus voted to remove him as party leader via secret ballot.

The vote was 73-45 in favour of removing

O’Toole as party leader.

I want to thank Erin O’Toole for his service and his family for their commitment to the Conservative team,” said Local MP John Barlow.

Barlow says a timeline for when a new long-term leader will be appointed has not yet been made.

“National council will be working on the

details for the upcoming leadership race, including timeline. We hope to know more in the coming weeks, but no confirmed timeline yet.”

Currently, long time MP Candice Bergen is acting as interim leader for the CPC. “She will be an excellent steward for our Caucus and our Party as we prepare for a leader-

ship race and the election of a new Leader. Ms. Bergen was the Deputy Leader under Mr. O’Toole and has a great deal of respect among our Caucus and the CPC membership,” said Barlow.

In a video posted to his Facebook page, Barlow says he will be supporting Pierre Poilievre for party leader moving

forward.

“I could not be more enthusiastic to have Pierre leading our movement. Pierre was born and raised in southern Alberta only a few minutes from my riding in Foothills. He understands the issues facing western Canadians. But being an MP in Ontario he will help bridge the divide and bring Cana-

dians together. We need a leader with big ideas.

Someone who is going to unite Canadians, inspire Canadians and lead our movement into the next election. I’m enthusiastically endorsing Pierre Poilievre as the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and I encourage you to also throw your support behind Pierre.”

Chinese New Year at HAS

Sun Dog in the Valley

Grade 2 students at Horace Allen School celebrated Chinese New year by creating paper dragons and enjoying Chinese food from Ben Wongs.

This Half Sun Dog was taken by Merla Todd on Wednesday, February 2. The photos was taken on the bluff overlooking Bushtown at first light.

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Merla Todd photo

~ Buddy Slapak ~ August 13, 1930 Feburary 14, 2017

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Looking Back

The terms “care and concern” are words that often spill from Bill White’s lips. It is a sort of mantra that he lives by. He claims it was engendered into him at a very early age by his father and by his mining career. So what say we step back into that time in his life and see what it was that shaped this remarkable man into who he is today.

In 1942, while Bill was still in Vancouver at the North Vancouver Ship Repair yard, his father called and reminded him that he had promised to finish high school. Bill always respected his father’s wishes and caught a plane back to Lethbridge shortly after. Today, catching a plane is not considered a big deal but back then it sure was. The aircraft he flew on was a Lockheed Electra that carried only 14 passengers and as it passed low over the Crowsnest Pass the stewardess pointed out to him where they were. I have heard stories of young boys climbing up local peaks to position themselves knowing that the Electra would fly over them at a certain time of day. It was a pretty exciting time.

On returning here Bill restarted his studies, walking from Hillcrest to Bellevue High School each day. During that time one of his first jobs as a young man was to be part of a team of four young boys hired by the Mohawk Mine to cut a roadway into their planned Number 5 Mine up the Adanac. This was done on holidays and weekends with Swede saws and axes and once they reached the coal outcrop, miners were brought in to start its entry.

In 1947 Bill began working in the main Mohawk Mine east of Bellevue where he drove draft horses hauling coal cars.

This mine had a very thick seam which allowed for larger horsepower which was, in this case, Percherons and Clydesdales.

He also shared an iconic image with me of the flatbed mantrip they used to ride up to the Mohawk hoist entry which is high above Bellevue to the north. Bill arranged for the shot to be taken with his camera. A valuable moment in time with 20 men dressed for work and about to take a rear-busting half hour ride up the mountain to that hoist room in the sky.

During his time at school Bill met the love of his life, Doreen Shevels and after a 3½ year courtship, that he professes went by the rules, they were married in June of 1948 in the Bellevue United Church. Their first home was one of C.P. Hill’s cottages that he had built in Hillcrest for miners. It had three rooms and no foundation and the rent was a whole $7.00 a month.

Bill told me Doreen was the best thing that ever happened to him and that she eventually gave him two daughters and a son; Sharon, Coleen and Robert. They also later adopted a three-year-old boy named Kevin. Doreen was a wonderful organist and played the church organ for 62 years. I got to hear her play The Old Rugged Cross at a special commemorative event I organized at the Bellevue Mine using an ancient footpump portable organ. After an amazing 62 years of marriage Doreen passed in 2010 at the age of 82.

Doreen was always at Bill’s side as he went through all his ventures and job changes which are a legacy unto themselves. In 1949 Bill took work at the Blairmore Greenhill Mine where he stayed for 6 years. By then he had earned his tickets for first class miner, first aid, mine rescue and, more importantly, his fire boss ticket. His father Alfred had been a much respected fire boss and mine rescue team captain himself and had demonstrated to Bill the importance of strict mine safety and an unwavering adherence to the rules. Bill applied his skills and his “care and concern” lifestyle to everything he did.

There was an incident in the Greenhill Mine that Bill described to me that demonstrates this commitment. It involved a man named John Lester who, while working on a duckbill operation, became buried up to his neck in coal. Bill rushed into the scene and on seeing that the coal was continuing to run and threatened to smother Lester, grabbed a shovel and began digging. For three and half hours he continued to dig away the continuously sloughing coal from around Lester until pit boss Reggie Tuange arrived and between the two of them managed to pull John Lester free.

John Lester had immigrated to Canada from Swinelton, England three years earlier and had been hired at the Greenhill Mine. Bill said to me that there was a heart wrenching moment that occurred after the rescue that made him realize that is was much more than the rescue of one man. As they emerged from the bus from Cougar North mine Lester’s wife and four sons were anxiously standing, waiting to see if he was okay. To see those four boys rush towards their father and hug him is a moment Bill said one does not soon forget.

In 1955 Bill White wound up working at the Coleman Collieries Tent Mountain mine and was in line to be trained as a shovel operator when the warehouse keeper and office payroll clerk was injured and Bill offered to step into the job.

There were 40 trucks hauling off of Tent back then and there were several warehouses and garages that needed to be overseen. Bill worked there until they closed the strip down and then it was off to help build and operate a new coal briquette plant at Michel. An interesting side note here is that in the early 1950’s he also helped build the Greenhill briquette plant alongside Gunter and Franz Koci who had just immigrated from Germany. I profiled Gunter’s amazing story in a fourpart series in 2019 called Tales From the Cookie Box. The writing was on the wall for the coal mines back then, at least for a short while until the Japanese coking coal market finally surfaced. In the meantime Bill’s brother Allen contacted Bill in 1956 and said to get down to the Pincher area where Allen was working, as the British American Company (BA) was building a new gas plant there and there was a job opportunity. He found work in an accounting fashion, which required balancing time reports against payroll for several hundred men. Incredibly Bill told me that the workers time had to be accounted for in 15-minute increments. Well that’s just crazy but he did it and with such success they invited him to Calgary where he was asked to close off the construction job. Bill was always up for a new challenge and wrapped it up with a report and billing for services.

So it was that Bill White, the fire boss/coal miner, found himself in the middle of gas plant construction frenzy. Being a principled and diligent numbers man by this time, he had made quite an impression on his Calgary head office boss. From there Bill was then sent to Fort St. John to yet another massive gas plant where he was to learn the entire accounting procedure for his company, Stearn Rogers.

After five months of training he was then sent in 1958 to Steelman, Saskatchewan where as office manager he oversaw Photos from top: 20 miners prepare for a the installation of the first gas plant in S.E. Saskatchewan. It was a massive five million dollar construction project with bumpy ride. Bill is second from the left in front, Bill and Doreen on their wedding day, Bill with five huge compressor stations in the field. That plant is still running to this day and has 1,100 km of gas pipelines that the girls Sharon and Coleen, The Steelman feed into it. gas processing plant in Saskatchewan, Bill After wrapping up Steelman Bill was asked to go immediately to Windfall, near Whitecourt, for yet another gas plant White - storyteller extraordinaire job. Bill had not had any time off and despite their pressuring him he managed to get home for one single day, in which Bill White archive photos he went hunting and shot the biggest elk of his life. Bill has always an avid hunter and fisherman and his walls are covered with pictures of his successes.

Once Windfall was done Bill returned to Calgary to discover they had formed a pipe fabrication division to supply pipe to gas plants all across Western Canada.

Eventually he was chosen as their office manager, a position he held for six years. Bill is quite proud of this segment of his career and claims his strict adherence to the principles of honesty and integrity precluded him ever making a mistake on any of these huge projects. Not once.

Author’s Note: In 1964 Bill and Doreen moved back to Bellevue and he purchased Adolf Bogusch’s farm on the east side of Maple Leaf. The next few years of Bill’s life are a mix of raising pure bred cattle, real estate and appraisal work, insurance sales and other various ventures. In Part Four I will dip into this era with some fascinating stories which I will interweave with anecdotes about his constant involvement with his community.

By John Kinnear

A Purpose Filled Life – The Bill White Story Part Three – Care and Concern