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. ...

History is having a moment in Jasper. Students and teachers of history understand that what gets remembered —the moments that society marks—are frequently rare, collectively experienced, and often, traumatic events. July 24, 2024 was this . That day will be a “moment” in Jasper history that will be ...

Jasperites marched in solidarity against the lack of progress on interim housing January 24. Six months to the day after the homes of approximately 2,000 people living in Jasper burned in the largest wildfire ever recorded in Jasper National Park, hundreds of demonstrators showed their unity with di...

It’s been six months since Jasper was evacuated due to the threat of a massive wildfire roaring down the Athabasca Valley. On Friday, January 24, it will be exactly six months since thousands of Jasperites learned that their homes, businesses and everything in them burnt to the ground . And on Satur...

January 6 meeting will test province and feds' willingness to put Jasper first Christmas was hard this year for Jasperites. Besides losing the homes that they built their lives in, the loss of personal belongings—from irreplaceable Christmas decorations to seasonal sports equipment—has come sharply ...

Developers of a large scale apartment complex on Connaught Drive have been given a third six-month extension of their permit from Parks Canada. In December of 2022, MDMC Development received development permits for their proposed 144 unit apartment building at Parcel GB . Development permits are iss...

Parks Canada is stepping in to provide interim housing for Jasperites who lost their homes to wildfire. The federal agency will install two camp-style facilities with capacity for more than 200 people, according to Jasper National Park associate superintendent Ifan Thomas. “We’ve secured a camp that...

Municipal affairs critic says province is bullying Jasper into accepting their rebuild parameters  The Government of Alberta is ratcheting up the pressure on local planners in Jasper to sign off on leases where interim housing is slated to be built. But local authorities want clarity on what those b...

"At this moment in time, I still see a pathway to 80 to 100 units being delivered sometime relatively early in the New Year, but it is a challenging pathway for sure, and the longer we go without certainty, the narrower that pathway becomes." The Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre is reporting that...

Hundreds of racers and hundreds more supporting those runners this weekend helped in the ongoing efforts to Rebuild Jasper. On November 30, the Rebuild Jasper Run attracted more than 250 participants who ran through snow flurries and under socked-in skies with the understanding that brighter days wi...