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More than a news website or print newspaper, Shootin’ the Breeze is your community connection

More than a news website or print newspaper,
Shootin’ the Breeze is your community connection

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Recent Articles

Recent Articles

Winter storm leaves Pincher Creek roads slushy

Semi and SUV meeting on slushy highway.

Snow and slush and spray … oh, my! Winter storm creates dicey road conditions in Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass area.

Snow on the way for Southwest region

If travel is in your plans for Thursday, you might just want to wait a day as a winter storm watch has been issued for Southwestern Alberta.

Alberta RCMP reminds everyone to enjoy the holiday season safely

Police officer silhouette in front of red and blue lights

Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass RCMP will be conducting check stops this Saturday on National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.

Ready, set, snow!

Snow on the slopes of Castle Mountain ski hill

Castle Mountain Resort is ready to open its ski hill on Friday and a portion of lift ticket sales will be donated to local food banks.

Winter storm leaves Pincher Creek roads slushy

Semi and SUV meeting on slushy highway.

Snow and slush and spray … oh, my! Winter storm creates dicey road conditions in Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass area.

Snow on the way for Southwest region

If travel is in your plans for Thursday, you might just want to wait a day as a winter storm watch has been issued for Southwestern Alberta.

Alberta RCMP reminds everyone to enjoy the holiday season safely

Police officer silhouette in front of red and blue lights

Pincher Creek and Crowsnest Pass RCMP will be conducting check stops this Saturday on National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.

Holiday Train on track for Dec. 12

Holiday Train passes through the rocks of Frank Slide

The CPKC Holiday Train will make stops in Pincher Station and Coleman on Dec. 12. Santa will be on board with donations for local food banks.

Pincher Creek RCMP arrest pair for copper thefts

Two local men arrested and charged after being caught stripping copper wire from a wind turbine in the area.

Missing Crowsnest Pass Youth located safe

Updated photo of missing Crowsnest Pass youth Tristen Newton. White male with very short, light brown hair, wearing black hoodie.

Crowsnest Pass RCMP confirmed today that Tristen Newton, reported missing Wednesday, has been located and is safe.

Crowsnest Pass RCMP investigating fatal collision near Burmis

A pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Highway 3 near Burmis died in hospital following an accident Thursday.

Ready, set, snow!

Snow on the slopes of Castle Mountain ski hill

Castle Mountain Resort is ready to open its ski hill on Friday and a portion of lift ticket sales will be donated to local food banks.

Holiday Train on track for Dec. 12

Holiday Train passes through the rocks of Frank Slide

The CPKC Holiday Train will make stops in Pincher Station and Coleman on Dec. 12. Santa will be on board with donations for local food banks.

Pincher Creek RCMP arrest pair for copper thefts

Two local men arrested and charged after being caught stripping copper wire from a wind turbine in the area.

Town of Pincher Creek News

Town of Pincher Creek

Still smiling after 10 years

Margaret Fisher, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, shows her award.

Margaret Fisher celebrates 10-year anniversary with the Town of Pincher Creek.

Pincher Creek’s ELC closes Sage child-care facility

Sophie Shackel – young girl with long light-brown hair.

Families and staff caught off guard when Pincher Creek’s Sage Early Learning Centre closed last week without advance notice.

FCSS facilitator says more full-service care needed for seniors

Senior couple – the woman is laughing as the man kisses her on the cheek

Andrea Hlady is concerned there’s no dedicated program in place that looks after day-to-day needs of Pincher Creek seniors.

Margaret Fisher, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, shows her award.

Margaret Fisher, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, shows her award.

Still smiling after 10 years

Sophie Shackel – young girl with long light-brown hair.

Sophie Shackel – young girl with long light-brown hair.

Pincher Creek’s ELC closes Sage child-care facility

Senior couple – the woman is laughing as the man kisses her on the cheek

Senior couple – the woman is laughing as the man kisses her on the cheek

FCSS facilitator says more full-service care needed for seniors

MD of Pincher Creek News

MD of Pincher Creek

MD of Pincher Creek road warning

Trucks at highway guardrail where hillside has slid and compromised road condition on Highway 3A in the MD of Pincher Creek

Be prepared for single-lane traffic and reduced speed limit on Highway 3A near South Fork in the MD of Pincher Creek.

New reeve and deputy-reeve for MD of Pincher Creek

Dave Cox, reeve of the MD of Pincher Creek, sits at a table with a gavel resting on it.

Municipal District of Pincher Creek council has elected Dave Cox as reeve and John MacGarva as deputy-reeve.

Southern Alberta producers close out another tough year

harvested yellow field with mountains in the background

In mid August, the MD of Pincher Creek declared an agricultural disaster. Well over two dozen counties and districts have done the same.

Trucks at highway guardrail where hillside has slid and compromised road condition on Highway 3A in the MD of Pincher Creek

Trucks at highway guardrail where hillside has slid and compromised road condition on Highway 3A in the MD of Pincher Creek

MD of Pincher Creek road warning

Dave Cox, reeve of the MD of Pincher Creek, sits at a table with a gavel resting on it.

Dave Cox, reeve of the MD of Pincher Creek, sits at a table with a gavel resting on it.

New reeve and deputy-reeve for MD of Pincher Creek

harvested yellow field with mountains in the background

harvested yellow field with mountains in the background

Southern Alberta producers close out another tough year

Crowsnest Pass News

Crowsnest Pass

History and heritage the focus of one local group

Logos of Crowsnest Pass Museum, Alberta Provincial Police barracks and Bellevue Underground Mine.

As a partner, Heritage Crowsnest provides such help as accounting, staff recruitment and applying for funding grants.

Application made to explore Grassy Mountain deposit

View of Grassy Mountain coal pit on mountainside with blue sky and mountain range in the background

Northback Holdings, formerly Benga, submitted an application to the AER for exploratory work at the site, about 7 k north of Blairmore.

Crowsnest Pass recruiting paid on-call firefighters

“We’re always looking for great people to join the department,” says deputy-chief Craig Marshall.

Logos of Crowsnest Pass Museum, Alberta Provincial Police barracks and Bellevue Underground Mine.

Logos of Crowsnest Pass Museum, Alberta Provincial Police barracks and Bellevue Underground Mine.

History and heritage the focus of one local group

View of Grassy Mountain coal pit on mountainside with blue sky and mountain range in the background

View of Grassy Mountain coal pit on mountainside with blue sky and mountain range in the background

Application made to explore Grassy Mountain deposit

Crowsnest Pass recruiting paid on-call firefighters

Southwest Alberta

Southwest Alberta

Slowing in real estate market; industry remains optimistic

Model houses between male and female hands while graphics indicate fluctutations in the real-estate market.

Although there’s been a bounceback in home sales since the pandemic, 2023 has proven to be somewhat sluggish if you compare it to years past.

Ottawa announces CEBA payment extension

Man with light shirt, dark pants and suspenders struggles to carry the word debt in giant letters

The CEBA repayment deadline has now been extended by a year. But will it be enough for struggling businesses?

Putting the heat on the Liberals

The Breeze Mailbox header for letters to the editor

It is time to stop the Liberals from looking at Canadian farmers as part of the problem, because in fact, Canadian farmers are part of the solution, and the carbo…

Model houses between male and female hands while graphics indicate fluctutations in the real-estate market.

Model houses between male and female hands while graphics indicate fluctutations in the real-estate market.

Slowing in real estate market; industry remains optimistic

Man with light shirt, dark pants and suspenders struggles to carry the word debt in giant letters

Man with light shirt, dark pants and suspenders struggles to carry the word debt in giant letters

Ottawa announces CEBA payment extension

The Breeze Mailbox header for letters to the editor

The Breeze Mailbox header for letters to the editor

Putting the heat on the Liberals

Editorials, Opinions, Op-Eds

Editorials, Opinions, Op-Eds

Argumentum ad hominem

Plain brown cardboard house with chimney but no windows or doors.

Opinion: When you’ve drunk the purple Kool-Aid of growth at any cost, you are resolute in support even though the cost may outweigh the benefits.

Fading Intentions – My Little Corner

Faded and torn "Every Child Matters" T-shirt, small grey moccasins and child's black and white running shoes hang from barbed-wire fence at Piikani Nation. The black-and-white shoes are against a bright orange sunset while the other shots have a cloudy grey sky as a background.

Letting truth and reconciliation intentions fade away is like killing the Indian in the child all over again.

What makes a champion of the truth?

Young woman with long dark hair reading a book called Champions

News Media Canada is paying tribute to Canada’s champions of the truth by creating a first-ever illustrated book entitled Champions.

Plain brown cardboard house with chimney but no windows or doors.

Plain brown cardboard house with chimney but no windows or doors.

Argumentum ad hominem

Faded and torn "Every Child Matters" T-shirt, small grey moccasins and child's black and white running shoes hang from barbed-wire fence at Piikani Nation. The black-and-white shoes are against a bright orange sunset while the other shots have a cloudy grey sky as a background.

Faded and torn "Every Child Matters" T-shirt, small grey moccasins and child's black and white running shoes hang from barbed-wire fence at Piikani Nation. The black-and-white shoes are against a bright orange sunset while the other shots have a cloudy grey sky as a background.

Fading Intentions – My Little Corner

Young woman with long dark hair reading a book called Champions

Young woman with long dark hair reading a book called Champions

What makes a champion of the truth?

RCMP & Emergency Services

RCMP & Emergency Services

Pincher Creek RCMP arrest pair for copper thefts

Two local men arrested and charged after being caught stripping copper wire from a wind turbine in the area.

Missing Crowsnest Pass Youth located safe

Updated photo of missing Crowsnest Pass youth Tristen Newton. White male with very short, light brown hair, wearing black hoodie.

Crowsnest Pass RCMP confirmed today that Tristen Newton, reported missing Wednesday, has been located and is safe.

Crowsnest Pass RCMP investigating fatal collision near Burmis

A pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Highway 3 near Burmis died in hospital following an accident Thursday.

Pincher Creek RCMP arrest pair for copper thefts

Updated photo of missing Crowsnest Pass youth Tristen Newton. White male with very short, light brown hair, wearing black hoodie.

Updated photo of missing Crowsnest Pass youth Tristen Newton. White male with very short, light brown hair, wearing black hoodie.

Missing Crowsnest Pass Youth located safe

Crowsnest Pass RCMP investigating fatal collision near Burmis

Obituaries

Obituaries

Robert "Bob" Schmidt photo heading for obituary

Side-by-side photos of Audrey Gross of Pincher Creek as a young woman and an old woman.

Text announcing obituary for Wilbert David Toews

Obituary notice for Lawrence Rowles of Pincher Creek

Obituary notice for Janice Rullan of Pincher Creek

Side-by-side photos of Audrey Gross of Pincher Creek as a young woman and an old woman.

Text announcing obituary for Wilbert David Toews

Obituary notice for Lawrence Rowles of Pincher Creek

Beyond Local

Beyond Local

Wanted man Randall Hopley. Dark hair, light skin, hazel eyes, grimace.

Randall Hopley on the run

Convicted of a child abduction in Sparwood in 2011, Hopley has breached his supervision order. Call 911 if you see him.

Province updates projected revenues and debt

Statistics regarding CEBA loan repayment

CEBA repayment may sink one in five Alberta businesses

Twenty per cent of Alberta businesses at risk of closure as CEBA repayment deadline approaches: CFIB urges government to give them more time

Tanner Milan, a cowboy wearing a black hat, reaches down to catch a steer as his horse runs alongside it, while another cowboy in a white hat rides alongside.

Tanner Milan and Eddie — A Powerful Partnership

Cochrane cowboy Tanner Milan currently sits in the top spot among Canadian steer wrestlers, with thanks to Eddie.

Wanted man Randall Hopley. Dark hair, light skin, hazel eyes, grimace.

Wanted man Randall Hopley. Dark hair, light skin, hazel eyes, grimace.

Randall Hopley on the run

Province updates projected revenues and debt

Statistics regarding CEBA loan repayment

Statistics regarding CEBA loan repayment

CEBA repayment may sink one in five Alberta businesses