Regional service is intended to support wildfire-displaced Jasperites unable to live in the townsite Jasper council voted unanimously on Tuesday (June 3) to award the turnkey operation of a regional recovery transit service to SunDog Tours and Transportation Co. The new transit service will provide ...

As much as Jasper’s recent history has been shaped by its status as a national park, Jasper is very much a railroad town. For more than 100 years, the parallel tracks that slash through this landscape have shaped Jasper’s story, delivering the goods and equipment that built Jasper, transporting the ...

When they turn 65, individuals in Canada become eligible for a pension. But when the Evergreens Foundation turns 65, pensioners throw a party! On Saturday, May 24, the Evergreens Foundation celebrated its senior citizen status with a block party, BBQ and bouncy-castle bonanza. Kings and Queens of th...

Jasperites encouraged to attend wildfire resilience event A live music event, a rally cry, a celebration of resilience, a reckoning. An artist’s statement on a changing climate, a gathering of community, an album release night, a fundraiser. Call it what you will, the upcoming Jam for Jasper will be...

“One thing that has been clear is human behaviour hasn't changed. We tend to think that the last fire was an anomaly, think of it as unfortunate, and don’t plan for the next one.”- Alan MacEachern One of Canada’s most eminent environmental historians is coming to Jasper to share lessons of wildfires...

Vicious Cycle's pop-up location opened on May 1; eight more businesses are expected to move in over the next two months until an official launch on the Canada Day long weekend. Vicious Cycle is the first business to open its temporary location at the new pop-up village for businesses displaced by th...

Film buffs and trail fanatics alike will be running to the Jasper Legion this Saturday. The Trail Running Film Festival —a collection of films documenting the culture of trail running—is coming to Jasper to help bring the community together.  Organizer Adam Lee, who hosts the Community Trail Running...

Mayor Richard Ireland emphasized that if the province had not promised to provide financial stabilization funding, council would have been forced to review and likely amend the budget. Municipal council won’t amend its 2025 budget due to the Alberta government helping offset municipal revenue losses...

Agency encouraging rebuild applicants to book a pre-application meeting Jasper’s rebuild has hit a significant milestone, the Insurance Bureau of Canada has announced. The community’s insurer-coordinated debris removal and site preparation program is now complete, paving the way for reconstruction. ...

If your beloved furry friend calls Jasper home, chances are you are familiar with Dr. Janet Jones, Jasper and Valemount’s local veterinarian.  For the past 30 years, Dr. Jones and her team at the Jasper Veterinary Clinic have been at the helm of caring for local animals. But now Dr. Jones is hanging...

Connection, camaraderie, community: Grand Opening May 10 A new movement is building in Jasper. Since February 6, the local chapter of Men’s Shed Canada has been helping out with local construction projects—TV stands, accessibility ramps, benches, planters...and the entire set for the recent Jasper A...

For the first time in decades, Yellowhead has a real race on its hands Pundits and prognosticators are all saying it: this federal election is the most important in Canadians’ lifetime. With relations with our southern neighbour hitting lows not seen since 1812 and pressing questions about how the c...

A group of local thespians are ready to cast a spell on Jasper. Jasper Acts—a community theatre group made up of a diverse, dedicated group of actors and artists—are bringing a fantastical feature to local audiences May 2-4. PUFFS, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic, i...

The Grande Yellowhead Public School Division is welcoming a new, home-grown educator into the division’s top leadership position. Starting July 1, Hinton’s Kurt Scobie will continue his career’s upward trajectory when he officially begins his role as GYPDS's superintendent of schools and chief educa...

The Jasper Community Team Society has boosted its capacity to assist local residents. The trusted community organization, which has received more than $2.2 million in donations to support Jasper’s long-term recovery, is working with a partner organization in the Bow Valley to help support its operat...

This piece was originally published in the February issue of The Tomato Food and Drink magazine Nine months after wildfire devastated Jasper, 86-ing at least a dozen well-loved cafés and restaurants in a town that loves to dine, the service industry is rising up again. It’s not quite cork-popping ti...

One of Jasper’s best-loved eateries is giving a new meaning to the phrase “take-away.” After the space they leased was destroyed by last year’s wildfire, owners of the popular Patricia Street Deli are moving their operation out of the mountains and into the city. “Out of the ashes comes opportunity,...

Pushback on the proposed Patricia St. location swayed council to keep with administration's original proposal. The pop up business village is expected to launch on the May long weekend. The Municipality of Jasper is sticking with the Connaught Drive parking lot as the location for its pop-up busines...

Temporary village intended to host businesses displaced by wildfire The Municipality of Jasper is considering an alternative location for the proposed pop-up business village this summer: in the public parking lot in the 400 block of Patricia Street. Simultaneously, council is deliberating on allowi...

If you could bottle community spirit, two things are for certain. One : inside that bottle you’d have the same stuff that helps keep the lights on at the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives . And two : the volunteers at the JYMA would recycle the bottle for a refund. For the last four years, retir...