The Municipality of Jasper has scratched a local bylaw which banned skateboards, rollerblades and scooters from downtown roads. The discussion came after a Jasper resident complained that electric scooters should be allowed downtown. E-scooters on public roadways are still prohibited under Alberta’s...

A grizzly bear family relocated from the Jasper townsite area one year ago has come full circle. Parks Canada will be extending an area closure now that Grizzly Bear 222 and her cubs—who have become well-known to Jasper National Park officials, residents and visitors alike—are back in the Jasper tow...

The Jasper SkyTram will be sold to Pursuit. Viad Corp, parent company of Pursuit Banff/Jasper Collection, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Jasper SkyTram from RMSI-JTAC Equipment Holdings LP, the Edmonton-based corporation that also owns Marmot Basin. Subject to Parks ...

Request for Proposals will cost out e-bus ownership Jasper Transit is being propelled forward on the road to zero emissions. At their June 18 regular council meeting , municipal councillors narrowly passed a motion to build a $3.2 million transit fleet facility. At the same meeting, councillors auth...

Supply chain issues for required materials contribute to latest delay Jasper Aquatic Centre renovations have hit another hurdle and the Municipality of Jasper will have to delay the re-opening of the facility by approximately six weeks. Unforeseen supply chain issues with the future change room’s pa...

Updated July 10 , 2024 Local RCMP members are reiterating their request for the public's help in locating a 29-year-old male who was last seen in Jasper.  Mark Bullock, a resident of Hinton, AB, was last seen on the 800 block of Patricia Street in Jasper more than three weeks ago. Jasper RCMP say th...

Dozens of Jasperites exchanged friendship and respect with community members of the Big Horn Stoney First Nation during a flag raising ceremony on National Indigenous Peoples Day. On June 21, with the sun shining bright on the first day of summer, elders John and Barry Wesley, with help from Jasper’...

After a fire destroyed their laundry business, resilient owners re-open with gratitude  Few people in Jasper clean up like Tony and Clara Adriano. The owners of Adriano Laundry Service were looking extremely sharp on June 7 at the grand re-opening of their business, but considering that only four mo...

Jasper RCMP are asking the public for information about a recent home robbery in the west end of the community. On Thursday, June 13, at approximately 5:30 a.m., a male broke into a home in the Cabin Creek area. The male was wearing a hoodie and holding a knife. Police say he asked the occupant in t...

Jasper’s Dr. Declan Unsworth finished first in the 126km “Leg Burner” race at the 10th annual Jasper Gran Fondo June 8. The good doctor also burned the rest of the field on the Marmot Basin Road hill climb, registering the fastest time of more than 220 racers whose route included the 13 km, 700 metr...