Staying Connected

As the reporter and photographer at the Pass Herald, I often find myself at the centre of everything from council meetings to community barbecues. 

But not every story fits into the weekly paper. Some moments are quick updates, small milestones or photos that deserve to be seen even if they don’t come with a full article.

To help share those kinds of stories, we’ve launched a new platform: the Pass Herald: Community Updates page on Facebook and Instagram.

This page is dedicated to the day-to-day happenings around the Crowsnest Pass. It will include community announcements, event highlights, fundraisers, milestone achievements and snapshots from around the valley. It’s meant to be an extension of the paper that gives people another way to stay in the loop between editions.

If you’re hosting a community event or celebrating something worth sharing, this page is where you’ll find it. You can follow along by searching Pass Herald: Community Updates on either platform.

If you’re planning something, celebrating something or just think there’s a story worth sharing, I’d love to hear from you. You can email me directly at passheraldreporter@gmail.com with suggestions or photos. The goal is to make this page a reflection of the community itself.

Next week, I’ll be heading to Cranbrook, B.C., for a family reunion and to say goodbye to someone very important to me. 

My brother is making the trip from Saskatchewan with his wife and their three boys, and we’ll be gathering with relatives from our mother’s side to attend our grandmother’s funeral and spend time together. 

It’s the first time in a long while that so many of us will be in one place, and it’s a trip that carries a lot of meaning for our family.

I’ll be back the following week to continue updating the new community page and covering the stories that matter here in the Pass. 

In the meantime, thank you for reading and for supporting local journalism. Whether it’s something big or small, if it matters to the community, it matters to us.

And for me next week, what matters most, is being with family.