Biking

Fire chief to fat bike Alberta’s Ice Road

andrea

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Greg Van Tighem is getting back on the bike for charity. Jasper’s fat biking Fire Chief has skirted the skinny shoulders of Route 93, traversed the transport truck-heavy Highway 16, eaten dust on Texas thoroughfares and chewed icicles on an arctic ice road, all in the name of fundraising for the fig...

News

Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper’s superintendent

Bob Covey

Friday, May 5, 2023

Jasper National Park Superintendent Alan Fehr has declined a private offer to rebuild a washed-out bridge at Simon Creek, a structure which would allo...

Local Government

NDP’s Kreiner withdraws from all-candidates forum

Bob Covey

Monday, May 15, 2023

West Yellowhead’s NDP candidate Fred Kreiner has elected not to participate in Jasper’s scheduled all-candidates forum. “I’ve decided and the NDP part...

Community

Helicopter sustains “incredible” damage after accident on Columbia Icefields

Bob Covey

Monday, April 24, 2023

A helicopter transporting Natural Resources Canada glacier surveyors had a hard landing on an icefield in Banff National Park April 14. The accident l...

Opinion

Letter: Keep up the public pressure to make Jasper’s backcountry safe

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Re: Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper's superintendent (May 5, 2023) Dear Editor, This is an excellent article in The Jasper Local. I am...

Opinion

Letter: Maintaining the Athabasca Pass Heritage Trail

Thursday, May 18, 2023

re: Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper’s superintendent (May 5, 2023) Dear Editor, The Athabasca Pass Heritage Trail is a Canadian icon ...

Store manager leaving a legacy of customer care

Bob Covey

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Rick Lagace has stocked his last shelf. The store manager at TGP Your Jasper Grocer is retiring. Over hotdogs and pop in the TGP parking lot, Lagace s...

Business

Forty and fabulous: Mountain Air an OG of Jasper retail

Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Mountain Air stands as one of Jasper’s most unique, well-established shopping locations. Having celebrated the store’s 40th anniversary recently, the ...

Local Government

NDP’s Kreiner withdraws from all-candidates forum

Bob Covey

Monday, May 15, 2023

West Yellowhead’s NDP candidate Fred Kreiner has elected not to participate in Jasper’s scheduled all-candidates forum. “I’ve decided and the NDP part...

News

Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper’s superintendent

Bob Covey

Friday, May 5, 2023

Jasper National Park Superintendent Alan Fehr has declined a private offer to rebuild a washed-out bridge at Simon Creek, a structure which would allo...

Local Government

NDP’s Kreiner withdraws from all-candidates forum

Bob Covey

Monday, May 15, 2023

West Yellowhead’s NDP candidate Fred Kreiner has elected not to participate in Jasper’s scheduled all-candidates forum. “I’ve decided and the NDP part...

Community

Helicopter sustains “incredible” damage after accident on Columbia Icefields

Bob Covey

Monday, April 24, 2023

A helicopter transporting Natural Resources Canada glacier surveyors had a hard landing on an icefield in Banff National Park April 14. The accident l...

Opinion

Letter: Keep up the public pressure to make Jasper’s backcountry safe

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Re: Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper's superintendent (May 5, 2023) Dear Editor, This is an excellent article in The Jasper Local. I am...

News

Perfect pitch: Jasper golfer an ambassador for women and deaf athletes

Women’s Golf Day at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club is June 6

Bob Covey

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Dressed in Sunday red, balanced perfectly on her follow-through and watching her golf ball arc above a stand of aspens on the hardest ranked hole at S...

Alberta Politics

Team Orange has the blues: Low voter turnout in Neverland

Bob Covey

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Despite pundits calling this election the most important in Alberta’s history, only one in four eligible Jasperites made the trip down to the Jasper A...

Editorial

Undying loyalty to political parties (and hockey teams) is bad for Alberta

Bob Covey

Friday, May 26, 2023

Confession time: for as long as I can remember, I’ve been a Calgary Flames fan. It’s not my fault! When you’re eight-years-old and your dad is dancing...

GYPSD trustees question Alberta charter schools

Bob Covey

Friday, May 26, 2023

Grande Yellowhead Public School Division’s board of trustees is speaking out against publicly-funded charter schools. In an opinion piece run in regio...

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