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MidnightGrace
Friday, July 28, 2017
She makes you want to shout: Young punker plugging into self confidence Amid the swirl of sound between open mic sets at the Jasper Legion, a young woman dressed in black leather pants and a skin tight Cramps t-shirt plugs her bass guitar into the amplifier. Some members of the audience are noticeab...
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Arts and Culture
Paddle forward to Canada’s past
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Athabasca River Brigade honours history, environment and cultural connections of Canada’s cross-continental waterway More than 170 adventurers have a new appreciation for the challenges—and connections—early settlers and fur traders would have experienced after a six day, 333 km trip on the Athabasc...
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Arts and Culture
Mountains of Relief momentum continues
Sunday, July 2, 2017
When Mountains of Relief set out to organize a musical event the Jasper Legion, they did so with two goals in mind. The first was to raise money for the development of a school in the community of Lisakhani, Nepal, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 2015. The second was to bring the community o...
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Arts and Culture
Jasper Wild pays tribute to park’s protectors
Thursday, June 15, 2017
George Mercer’s new novel puts the spotlight on Jasper National Park development // supplied “We’re kind of loving this park to death. Too many people in my opinion.” So says park warden John Haffcut in George Mercer’s newest novel, Jasper Wild , the third and latest instalment in Mercer’s Dyed in t...
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Brewery birthing is thirsty work
Arts and Culture
Brewery birthing is thirsty work
Bob Covey 
Friday, May 26, 2017
  Valemount brewery taking pint-sized steps to success     “That’s clean,” Landon Shepherd says, analyzing his first sip of a freshly poured beer. Learning it’s been dubbed Sacrifice Red Ale, a tribute to those who serve their country, Shepherd likes what he’s tasting. “That’s really nice. My wife i...
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A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years
Arts & Culture
A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...
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Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive
Community
Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive
John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor 
Monday, September 28, 2026
It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...
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Bongs still going strong after 50 years
Community
Bongs still going strong after 50 years
Thursday, October 1, 2026
It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...
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Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues
Biking
Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 28, 2026
For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...
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Auction cancelled: Astoria pays $644K
Business
Auction cancelled: Astoria pays $644K
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Editor's Note (3 p.m. Sept 15): This story has been updated since The Jasper Local learned that the outstanding taxes and penalties were paid. The cen...
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Ladies golf tournament raises $3,130 for local cancer support
Community
Ladies golf tournament raises $3,130 for local cancer support
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
It was a wrap on a successful fundraiser when the Jasper Ladies Golf Club presented a cheque to the Jasper Cancer Action and Support Group. The Jasper...
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Jasper Community Team Society appoints new executive director
Community
Jasper Community Team Society appoints new executive director
Monday, September 14, 2026
The Jasper Community Team Society has appointed Susan Given as its new executive director, bringing a veteran community health and disaster-recovery l...
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After the fire, a Jasper hotelier is building the hotel he long envisioned
Business
After the fire, a Jasper hotelier is building the hotel he long envisioned
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 14, 2026
The Mount Robson Inn was destroyed in the 2024 Jasper wildfire. Its owner had spent years imagining a replacement before the disaster forced its visio...
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A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years
Arts & Culture
A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...
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Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive
Community
Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive
John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor 
Monday, September 28, 2026
It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...
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Bongs still going strong after 50 years
Community
Bongs still going strong after 50 years
Thursday, October 1, 2026
It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...
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Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues
Biking
Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 28, 2026
For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...
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Jasper faces shortage of election workers ahead of Oct. 19 referendum
Alberta Politics
Jasper faces shortage of election workers ahead of Oct. 19 referendum
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Elections Alberta is looking for more people to work the polls in Jasper , with the West Yellowhead electoral division still short about 200 election ...
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Bongs still going strong after 50 years
Community
Bongs still going strong after 50 years
Thursday, October 1, 2026
It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...
this is a test
A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years
Arts & Culture
A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...
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Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues
Biking
Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 28, 2026
For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...
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