Jasperites were on the airwaves last week. Listeners to terrestrial radio heard a pot-pourri of Jasper recovery stories and successes on CBC Radio One on Friday, March 14 when the popular morning show Edmonton AM broadcast live from Andromeda Coffee on Patricia Street.  Some of the behind the scenes...

The Municipality of Jasper is seeking input on the local rental market amid housing challenges. In the wake of recent reports of double digit rent hikes and updates to lease terms that may impact families, the MOJ is reaching out to tenants and landlords. “Housing was already a challenge in Jasper b...

Jasper’s fire-stalled economy has been given another big boost to help it crank over. Yesterday (March 6, 2025), the federal government announced $2.2 million in funding to provide temporary retail locations for local businesses, to advance affordable housing, to help enable efficient construction i...

The union has not yet provided 72-hour strike notice or indicated when it might do that. Workers with the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division may soon join a province-wide strike for higher wages and more education funding. One hundred and sixty support staff voted 82 per cent in favour of stri...

A Jasperite has been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Municipal councillor Helen Kelleher-Empey was presented with the honour on February 28 by Yellowhead Member of Parliament Gerald Soroka. Along with her council duties, Kelleher-Empey is a board member of the Evergreens Foundation , ...

More than 400 athletes from Alberta alpine ski teams are in town as the Jasper Junior Olympics (JJOs) return to Marmot Basin . Meanwhile, Jasper’s fastest brothers are carving up Europe.  The sounds of cowbells and cheers will echo through the Rocky Mountains as young racers—U12 and U10 skiers on Dr...

Not all donations are made equal, but two recent contributions to help Jasperites affected by last year’s wildfire are coming from the same place. Not literally the same place, of course: The S k a l Club of the Canadian Rockies (SCR) is a four-decade-old travel and tourism organization affiliated w...

Yesterday was the long-awaited move-in day for residents of Jasper's interim housing. On, February 26, 2025, the first of hundreds of Jasperites displaced by the July 24, 2024 wildfire were handed the keys to their new lodgings. “So stoked and so happy,” Philip Samonte said about his mood as he, alo...

The Municipality of Jasper celebrated the re-opening of the Jasper Activity Centre last week, marking a milestone for the community’s recreation facilities. Municipal councillor Kathleen Waxer had the honour of cutting the ribbon on the newly-renovated Jasper Activity Centre, Arena and Fitness & Aqu...

Rocky Mountain Live will help artists and arts organizations reach their audiences and each other A new live music platform is amplifying local artists and the venues they play. Rocky Mountain Live has launched as a new, one-stop-shop promotional website which aims to increase the exposure of local ...

A group of tourism companies have collectively pledged more than $5.5 million to aid in Jasper’s wildfire recovery. Pursuit, the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Rocky Mountaineer and Jasper Brewing Co, are coming together to help the community after last summer’s unprecedented wildfires. “This donation ...

The first trailer loads of Jasper’s interim housing units were trucked into the community today (February 11, 2025). Squeezing under the 5.1 metre CN bridge at the east end of Jasper, 60 mobile housing structures— procured by Parks Canada after months of uncertainty in the community—began arriving o...

Jasper’s urgent housing needs have been given a $39.4 million shot in the arm. Yesterday (February 6, 2025), the federal government announced a $9.4 million contribution to Jasper’s longer-term housing solutions, as well as $30 million to provide interim housing for those displaced by the July 24 wi...

Whisky lovers, both neophyte and barrel-aged, descended on the Maligne Range during Jasper in January for the inaugural meeting of the Jasper Whisky Social Club.  Brainchild of Spike Baker, Distiller and Barrel Manager for the Maligne Range , and Marc LeBlanc, owner of Liquor Lodge , the JWSC tapped...

Girls' hockey took centre ice over the weekend in Jasper. The second annual Female Hockey Day in Jasper brought to town female players, coaches, trainers and community leaders. Teams and their supporters came from Edmonton, Hinton, Valemount and in the case of the Wheatland Wranglers, all the way fr...

An Alberta storyteller whose roots will always be firmly planted in Jasper is coming back to her hometown to relay Some of the Facts . Author and creative writing instructor Beth Everest, the daughter of Jasper business patriarch Roy Everest, will read from her latest book at the Jasper Municipal Li...

Jasper council is considering a proposal to create a temporary pop-up business village on Connaught Drive. The pop up village would be potentially located in the 600 block of Connaught Drive, in the parking lot with the municipal public washrooms. Council heard that the village would give businesses...

Jasperites finally have some answers about interim housing. Details about the type, layout and anticipated location of Parks Canada-procured interim housing have been released by the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre. According to the JRCC, approximately 100 duplex-style trailers, representing up ...

Community Futures West Yellowhead is reminding Jasper employers that they may be eligible for business recovery funding. Available through the Jasper Business Recovery Program , the grant money is available to businesses with 50 or fewer employees that are licensed in either the Municipality of Jasp...

Rent is rising in Jasper, and with it, tenants’ anxiety about being able to afford to live here. Last week, residents in the 36 units of the “Walk Ups” (1004 Patricia Street apartments) were sent notice that starting May 1, 2025, their rents were going up—from $1,500 to $2,000, in the case of one co...