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John Kinnear Column

Apr 23, 2025

Looking Back: Sharing Their Best

"Be careful in your selection; do not choose to young and take only such as have been reared in a good moral climate."

Apr 16, 2025

The Beauty of Pysanka

Legend has it that a monster, the embodiment of evil, lives beneath the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine.

Apr 2, 2025

Looking Back: There’s Gold in them there Hills

Just imagine what it must have been like to have been out on the prairies 7,700 years ago and see that looming cloud of ash racing towards you.

Mar 19, 2025

Looking Back: Remembering Maestro Roy Edwin Upton

The Pass is well known for fostering strong musical talents... There are few if any communities that can claim such a long lasting legacy. 

Mar 12, 2025

Looking Back: It’s What We Do

I know our community will step up in whatever fashion they can

Feb 19, 2025

It’s Chilifest Time Again!!  

“Some like it mild but I like it wild”

Feb 12, 2025

Chad Kennedy “Never Alone”

I sat down with Chad Kennedy, the champion of Sea to Sea for PTSD to learn about his journey.

Feb 5, 2025

Niitoy-yiss -Blackfoot  Mobile Homes   

This kind of weather on the prairies would have been pretty dam harsh for them but they obviously knew how to manage it.

Jan 15, 2025

Looking Back: Looking Back at the Passed

2024 saw many slip away from us in the Pass.

Dec 18, 2024

Looking Back: Looking Back at 2024

2024 marks the 17th year that I have been crafting stories for the Herald.

Dec 11, 2024

Looking Back: Chasing Clouds and Light

The Photography of Thomas and Lena Gushul

Nov 6, 2024

Looking Back: A Pivotal Point in History

I hate war.  I hate everything about it.  It is a continuous curse on humanity that robs us of what could be a lasting peace and a united stable world.  

Oct 30, 2024

Looking Back: What’s in that Building?

You know. That historic building on the highway that just had a trestle torn down alongside it.

Sep 25, 2024

Looking Back: Cache the Pass

Well, Brent Dase’s master plan to engage AHS workers and boost morale is doing just that.  

Sep 11, 2024

Looking Back: Health Foundation Bed Pan Open

Health Foundation annual golf tournament was held last Thursday

Sep 4, 2024

Looking Back: Labour Day - Up the Crow

She is not your typical looking Rocky Mountain but there are few that can match her grandeur.  

Aug 28, 2024

Looking Back: Cache The Pass - A Matter of Acknowledgment

A geo-caching competition.

Jul 24, 2024

Looking Back: Vipers Bugloss Be Gone

This nasty invader is spreading at an alarming rate along roadsides

Jul 10, 2024

Looking Back: Isabel Russell’s Gardens

As surely as nature blooms and blossoms each spring, Isabel grew a beautiful life garden...

Jun 26, 2024

Looking Back: The Italian Hall Stands Tall

The old Italian Hall in Coleman has been given a bit of a work over

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