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John Kinnear Column

Aug 20, 2025

Looking Back: Black Pillows for Your Stove

A strategic move to recapture some of the coal market

Jul 30, 2025

Looking Back: Trouble in Paradise Part Two - No Jurisdiction

There can be no doubt that logging encroachments to their territory as well as the recent sound disturbances can have potentially serious consequences.

Jul 23, 2025

Planking, cribbing, bracing and steps - the never ending story

There is still much work to be done on McGillivray Miner’s Path.

Jul 9, 2025

Looking Back: Trouble in Paradise

Part One – All About “Ardea Herodias”

Jun 18, 2025

Looking Back: Tales of the Turtle

June of 1955: “Will Turtle speak again; or wreak havoc and destruction on the homes of Frank as it did 52 years ago..."

May 21, 2025

Looking Back: A Sure Sign of Spring

“Spring rises, ready to love, and inspire others with a gentle nudge”.

May 7, 2025

Looking Back: Remember My Mother

“You are evidence of your mother’s strength”

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.

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