Thanks to the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel ( CUAET ) Ukrainians and their family members are granted free, extended temporary status which allows them to work, study and stay in Canada until it is safe for them to return home. Some of those Ukrainians have made their temporary h...

View Post When Annie Arseneau first laid eyes on Jasper, it was from the platform of the heritage train station. It was 1999. She had a ticket from her home province of New Brunswick to Vancouver. She didn’t make it to the west coast. “When I got off the train, I was blown away by the scene, the com...

Jasper Jr./Sr. High School students got a taste of Ukrainian traditional culture last week. Oksana Polivchak, who came to Canada not long after the Russian war on Ukraine began in late February, was happy to share her recipe of one of the most well-known Slavic dishes: borsch. Oksana Polivchak intro...

Robot technology is allowing residents at Alpine Summit Seniors Lodge to access healthcare without leaving their home. A collaboration with the University of Alberta’s robotics team and the Evergreens Foundation has welcomed a new “resident” into Jasper’s seniors home and long-term-care facility. Un...

HI Sleepy Hollow hosting Oct 19 A collective of artists and community-minded organizers are hosting an evening of live music and conversation October 19 about the challenges surrounding finding safe, affordable housing in Jasper. Derek Loewen, a staffer at Hostelling International’s HI Jasper, said ...

When she was just nine-years-old, Megan Verhey knew she would move to the mountains someday. The southern Ontario transplant first came out west on a family vacation. The Rockies’ landscapes, the space, the wildlife…it all stuck with her. “I was chomping at the bit to get out here,” she laughed. A d...

Thanks to the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel ( CUAET ) Ukrainians and their family members are granted free, extended temporary status which allows them to work, study and stay in Canada until it is safe for them to return home. Some of those Ukrainians have made their temporary h...

The Jasper Folk Music Festival is back on track . After the Sept 9-10 festival was postponed by a town-wide power outage earlier this month , organizers are excited to announced that the Jasper Folk Music Festival (JFMF) will be taking the stage after all in Jasper’s Commemoration Park on October 1 ...

Jasper’s electric transmission line has been repaired, power is back online and the community is eager to welcome back visitors. ATCO restored power to the community via the repaired transmission line early this morning (September 14, 1 a.m.) after operating precariously for 10 days on back up, gene...

Sprinkler system surrounding community to be dismantled Firefighters are “locking in” the north and south ends of the Chetamon mountain wildfire east of the Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park. The Chetamon wildfire’s north and south perimeters are being “locked in” thanks to cool temperatures a...

A family who depended on Jasper’s Community Outreach Services (COS) to overcome barriers during a vulnerable time in their lives returned to the community yesterday to show their support during Jasper’s time of need. Miguel Lopez and Carmina Martinez operate the Las Tres Marias food truck , a mobile...

Campgrounds closed to at least September 25 Firefighters were successful in holding the Chetamon wildfire despite unseasonably warm weather and high winds yesterday (September 10). More than 125 firefighting personnel and eight helicopters are fighting the wildfire. Most of the resources are suppres...

“Our mission is to take all steps to ensure residents are not required to vacate,” Richard Ireland says As trees burst into flames on a mountainside 15 kilometres from the townsite and with neighbourhoods shrouded in darkness, Jasper’s mayor is stressing the acute nature of the community’s wildfire ...

Fire-damaged transmission line could take several weeks to repair Power has been restored to most residential zones of Jasper but community members are being reminded to conserve energy and visitors are being asked to reschedule their trips to Jasper National Park. “Now is not the time to visit Jasp...

Planned outage at 1 p.m. today. Power to return “late tonight” Wildfire a stark reminder to be wildfire prepared Overnight rain and cooler temperatures on September 5 allowed firefighters to access two priority areas of the Chetamon wildfire as ATCO prepares to return the community’s power in phases...

Critical infrastructure generator-powered. Schools to close, daycare to open tomorrow Jasper is operating on limited services after a wildfire less than 20 kilometres east of the community knocked out power to the community. An initial outage took place on Sunday, September 4 at 6:15 p.m. before com...

On August 9 Jasper residents and visitors will have the chance to shop for fruit, baked goods, home cooking, veggies, preserves, art, plants and more…and help disadvantaged families in Guatemala while doing so. The annual Summer Fair at the Jasper Activity Centre takes place from 4-8 p.m. This year,...

More than 30 families in Jasper are using the food bank as a regular part of their family’s food budget, an increase of 500 per cent from pre-pandemic usage. The issue was brought up at a recent community conversation between members of municipal council, Jasper Local Food Society representatives an...

Gregory is dead. Long live Gregory Guest columnist: Joe Urie To those peacock provocateurs, Jasper’s Joe Urie asks: Where is the outrage for the national park’s native species that are destroyed every year? “News is history shot on the wing. The huntsmen from the Fourth Estate seek to bag only the p...

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