It was a tinseltown-tinted Christmas for local thespians Joost Tijssen and Pieter Van Loon.  Jasper Theater Productions' Pieter Van Loon (left) and Joost Tijssen performed a Christmas-themed show over the holidays. // Bob Covey The two-man theatre troupe rang in the New Year with Dinner and Theatre,...

More than 430 people lined up for Sunday Community Dinner on January 7. Volunteers with Coco’s Café and Catering and the Jasper Pride Society cooked and dished up Mujaddara chicken coconut curry, basmati rice, cucumber salad and naan bread. Dessert was mango and vanilla ice cream.  The Community Din...

It’s December and I’m swinging a golf club. This isn’t a “bros trip” to Scottsdale or Vegas, and I’m a couple decades away from retiring on Vancouver Island. The Stanley Thompson-designed 18-hole course at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club has gone into hibernation and it’ll be a good six mon...

No one could accuse Ray Naito of doing things the easy way. To get his gluten-free craft beer concept from a back-of-the-napkin idea, to where it is now—a real-life, drinkable product, available at local bottle shops, bars and restaurants, the 39-year-old has been through the wringer. Or the ferment...

Kim Stark, owner of two bakeries in Jasper which are cornerstones of the community’s culinary landscape, is once again raising the bar. Or in this case, opening the bar. With the launch of Ursidae Lair —every night, the landmark Bear’s Paw Bakery transforms into a sultry speakeasy—Stark has created ...

If Estelle Blanchette had a crystal ball in 2018, she definitely wouldn’t have started Jasper Food Tours. The business launched just 18 months before the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world and devastated the local economy. “I wouldn’t have done it,” she said. “Trying to operate in the midst of all ...

The menu is confirmed, the food order has arrived and the high school students of École Desrochers are set to serve up a meal fit for royalty—or at least a meal fit to help them discover Place Royale . In preparation for their upcoming exchange to Ottawa and Québec City, five Jasper high school stud...

Canmore-based Sheepdog Brewing takes top spot in brewing competition If you were staying at Jasper Park Lodge during Superbowl Weekend (February 11), you may have been surprised to see not a throng of overdressed patrons, nor pyjama-clad women for the PJ Party, but a lot of dudes with long beards we...

More than 540 people lined up for a Sunday Community Dinner at the Jasper Activity Centre on February 26. Staff and volunteers with The Raven Bistro cooked and dished up Shwarma-seasoned pulled chicken and fire-roasted tomato chickpea stew on coconut jasmine rice, served with hummus, tzatziki, carro...

A new culinary experience in Jasper has opened its doors, and its kitchen, to the tapas-hungry public. NBHD (pronounced Neighbourhood ) is located upstairs in the Patricia Centre Mall, the brainchild of Jasperites Tim Horrocks and Vladi Dostálová—two ambitious ex-pats who have since 2018 been servin...