Welcome to March. Who knows what the ground hog predicted, but it feels like spring is around the corner. The days are longer and the harshness of February seems to have...
Category - From the Editor
Hello February!!! This month we have a paper full of articles and comments. I would like to draw your attention to a few things in particular this month. There is a new...
This past week the High Country News has received many responses to a recent article written by Ms. Miranda Rosin, the MLA for Banff Kananaskis on what could be...
I’m sure most of us are glad 2020 is over. Unfortunately, as we start 2021 with increased restrictions, the challenges associated with the COVID-19 situation are...
Over 15 years ago, musing over a coffee, myself and a friend discussed the idea of creating a newspaper that focused on good news. This idea became reality for me over...
Dear Reader, I appreciated this month’s art submission by local artist Annette Resler, “Eternally Hopeful”. What a great title, and such a good posture to have...
It is a beautiful fall in the foothills. We live in such beautiful surroundings, and are blessed to have such vibrant colour brought into our lives. Fall is the time of...
On Sept. 24th, residents from the surrounding area met at the Edge School to hear updates on the complex and controversial SR1 project and express their frustration that...
September 2016: it was four years ago that Chris Mclachlan, the founder and publisher of the High Country News signed over the paper to myself. It has been a privilege...
Unexpected Blessings My wife and I recently spent a couple of days away in Canmore, planning life and enjoying some rare time away for ourselves. As we had to wait for a...
