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‘Forever our teammates’: Bearcats honour Hills and Peacock

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

The Jasper U18 Bearcats opened their 2026-27 home season Saturday with a moving tribute to Danica Hills and Kayla Peacock, two young teammates who passed away in a car accident while returning home from hockey practice in February. With the families of both girls in attendance, players and members of the Bearcats parent group brought framed jerseys and photographs of Hills and Peacock onto the ice...

Community

Nearly half of Jasper Parks Canada workforce affected by job-cut process

Monday, October 26, 2026

208 Jasper Field Unit employees identified as affected as Parks Canada plans to cut about 500 full-time-equivalent positions nationally Nearly half of...

Alberta Politics

Jasper voters reject all nine Alberta referendum proposals

Friday, October 23, 2026

Support for questions on immigration, social programs and provincial powers trailed the rest of West Yellowhead by more than 30 percentage points Jasp...

Alberta Politics

Jasper voters overwhelmingly favour remaining in Canada

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Unofficial results show 91 per cent support for staying in Canada in Jasper, while West Yellowhead riding-wide support sits just below 60 per cent Jas...

Arts & Culture

Jasper earns five blooms for community spirit

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Monday, October 19, 2026

Jasper earned five out of five blooms in this year’s Communities in Bloom Alberta Awards, placing it among just two communities in the province to rec...

Local Government

Jasper paid parking to start April 1 next year

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Friday, October 16, 2026

Paid parking will resume a month earlier in Jasper next year. On October 6 council voted to extend the annual season from May 1 to Oct. 31, with the a...

Arts & Culture

Look up, Jasper: Dark Sky Festival returns with cosmic art, rocket science and starry nights

Thursday, October 15, 2026

From SkyTram stargazing to a drone show, free concerts and fireside chats inspired by the solar system, Jasper’s 10-day celebration offers plenty of w...

Alberta Politics

Wading into Alberta’s separation debate

Bob Covey

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

A conversation near the river offers a chance to consider why separation appeals to some Albertans, and why staying in Canada is worth showing up for....

Business

Jasper weighs transit expansion, including Marmot Basin route

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Jasper could introduce winter bus service to Marmot Basin in November 2027 as part of a proposed five-year transit expansion plan that would more than...

Community

‘My heart is raw’: AWN president reflects on Jasper’s painful history and the possibility of healing

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

David MacPhee returned to the place his adopted family was forced to leave more than a century ago, carrying stories of grief — and a hope that reconc...

Community

Parks Canada stands by Snaring reservation decision despite local petition

Bob Covey

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Parks Canada is standing by its decision to move Snaring Campground onto the online reservation system next year, despite a petition from Jasper resid...

Community

Jasper locals push back on changes at Snaring campground

Bob Covey

Monday, August 31, 2026

First-come, first-served campgrounds' days are numbered in Jasper National Park For decades, Jasper residents could decide on a summer camping trip wi...

Hiking and Climbing

Baby food, blisters and 6,250 metres over 115 kms

Sophie Pfisterer, freelance reporter

Friday, August 21, 2026

Jasper runners establish new ultra-marathon circuit Alex Lader was lying on the trail, shivering uncontrollably. He had already run more than 80 kilom...

Hiking and Climbing

Soaring and suffering on the Skyline

Georgia McCartney, freelance contributor

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

What an ultramarathon taught me about strength, fear and showing up in the mountains Before sunrise The hairs rise on my arms and the butterflies in m...

News

Jasperite swims the length of Maligne Lake

Cameron Jackson, freelance reporter

Monday, August 10, 2026

Jasper boat captain becomes the first recorded person to swim the 22-kilometre length of one of the Rockies’ most iconic lakes At 6:30 a.m. on Monday,...

Environment

Jasper’s wastewater treatment plant flush with new funding

Bob Covey

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Federal, provincial and municipal governments commit a combined $7.9 million Jasper’s post-wildfire rebuild is getting another piece of critical infra...

Environment

First captive-bred Jasper caribou take their chances in the wild

Monday, August 10, 2026

Five animals released into Tonquin Valley in historic first step for conservation breeding program For the first time, Parks Canada biologists opened ...

Alberta Politics

Strychnine on trial

Mark Bradley, guest contributor

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

The case for—and against—poisoning prairie ground squirrels On March 30, 2026, the federal government reversed a ban on strychnine and allowed Alberta...

Alberta Politics

Proposed Alberta pipeline would cross Jasper National Park

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Saturday, August 1, 2026

A proposed Alberta oil pipeline would pass through Jasper National Park, reviving questions about industrial development in one of Canada's most prote...

Environment

The canaries in the cold mountain streams

Mark Bradley, guest contributor

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Protecting Harlequin Ducks means protecting the ecosystems we depend on, too. Back in the spring of 2005, I made my first visit to the Maligne Outflow...

Environment

Whirling disease confirmed in Athabasca watershed; no cases detected in Jasper National Park

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Whirling disease has been detected in Alberta’s Athabasca watershed, raising new concerns about the spread of the invasive fish parasite in the Rockie...

Arts & Culture

A decade of creativity under one roof

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Jasper Habitat for the Arts, ACFA and the Jasper Municipal Library mark 10 years at the Jasper Library and Cultural Centre with music, cake and a cele...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Arts & Culture

Photo Gallery: That folk fest feeling

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The music, the crowds, the dancing and all the little moments in between The 2026 Jasper Folk Music Festival brought the community together September ...

Arts & Culture

Jasper filmmaker seeks support to finish debut festival film

Bob Covey

Friday, August 28, 2026

For Jasper filmmaker Sophie Pfisterer, the phrase “it is what it is” has become something of a challenge. Pfisterer, a born-and-raised Jasper local st...

Arts & Culture

Old favourites, new discoveries: Folk Fest celebrates 10 years

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Jasper Folk Music Festival runs September 11-12. Get tickets here Ten years into the Jasper Folk Music Festival, organizers have learned a thing or tw...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Community

Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, September 28, 2026

It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...

Environment

Reel ambition: How Jasper stocked the Rockies

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Thursday, May 7, 2026

For millennia, the high-elevation lakes and rivers in Jasper knew not of fish. This may have been due to the hard, mountain winters. Or perhaps to wat...

Community

Nearly half of Jasper Parks Canada workforce affected by job-cut process

Monday, October 26, 2026

208 Jasper Field Unit employees identified as affected as Parks Canada plans to cut about 500 full-time-equivalent positions nationally Nearly half of...

Alberta Politics

Jasper voters reject all nine Alberta referendum proposals

Friday, October 23, 2026

Support for questions on immigration, social programs and provincial powers trailed the rest of West Yellowhead by more than 30 percentage points Jasp...

Community

‘Forever our teammates’: Bearcats honour Hills and Peacock

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

The Jasper U18 Bearcats opened their 2026-27 home season Saturday with a moving tribute to Danica Hills and Kayla Peacock, two young teammates who pas...

Alberta Politics

Jasper faces shortage of election workers ahead of Oct. 19 referendum

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Elections Alberta is looking for more people to work the polls in Jasper , with the West Yellowhead electoral division still short about 200 election ...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

Community

Council establishes policy to recover servicing costs for Arnica Avenue

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Developers wishing to build on Arnica Avenue will need to enter into development agreements so the Municipality of Jasper can recover over $776,000 in...

Community

LETTER: ‘I’m deeply disappointed’ by Snaring campground changes

Thursday, September 17, 2026

A longtime Snaring Campground user writes to The Jasper Local following Parks Canada’s decision to move the campground to an online reservation system...

Community

Nearly half of Jasper Parks Canada workforce affected by job-cut process

Monday, October 26, 2026

208 Jasper Field Unit employees identified as affected as Parks Canada plans to cut about 500 full-time-equivalent positions nationally Nearly half of...

Alberta Politics

Jasper voters reject all nine Alberta referendum proposals

Friday, October 23, 2026

Support for questions on immigration, social programs and provincial powers trailed the rest of West Yellowhead by more than 30 percentage points Jasp...

Community

‘Forever our teammates’: Bearcats honour Hills and Peacock

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

The Jasper U18 Bearcats opened their 2026-27 home season Saturday with a moving tribute to Danica Hills and Kayla Peacock, two young teammates who pas...

Alberta Politics

Jasper faces shortage of election workers ahead of Oct. 19 referendum

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Elections Alberta is looking for more people to work the polls in Jasper , with the West Yellowhead electoral division still short about 200 election ...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

Community

Council establishes policy to recover servicing costs for Arnica Avenue

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Developers wishing to build on Arnica Avenue will need to enter into development agreements so the Municipality of Jasper can recover over $776,000 in...

Community

LETTER: ‘I’m deeply disappointed’ by Snaring campground changes

Thursday, September 17, 2026

A longtime Snaring Campground user writes to The Jasper Local following Parks Canada’s decision to move the campground to an online reservation system...

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