4.38 per cent increase proposed in the base budget proposal Amid uncertainty around its strained finances, the Municipality of Jasper is relying on recovery funding and land rent forgiveness for its 2025 budget . Budget presentations, which occurred Tuesday (Nov. 26) , came during Jasper's ongoing r...

Arena is expected to be ready for use the week of December 16; dressing rooms to follow The Municipality of Jasper is responding to a letter writing campaign from frustrated hockey parents. On Tuesday, councillor Wendy Hall noted that 16 letters from hockey families, including the president of Jaspe...

Beneath surface-level discussions and debates around the Jasper wildfire lies a more complex reality. This fire is not just an isolated event, but part of a broader pattern linked to climate change—a result of a century of colonial land use practices and an economic system focused on extraction and ...

The federal government is funding a $3.9 million program to help Jasper’s small businesses rebound from last summer’s wildfire. This includes $3.45 million toward the Jasper Business Recovery Program, which will provide non-repayable funding for Jasper businesses. “This is going to offset lost reven...

More Jasperites are signing on to the Bulk Debris Removal (BDR) program in an effort to reduce costs and improve efficiencies for the clean-up of residential properties destroyed in the Jasper Wildfire Complex. However representatives from the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre are encouraging stil...

Parks Canada and the Municipality of Jasper are making Jasper’s rebuilding process simpler. Yesterday the joint agencies released new, streamlined policy to guide the community’s recovery. “This is an important step forward in recovering from … the hardest challenge we have faced together,” said Jas...

“Hope is not just the future, but also the present.” Canada’s Governor General was in Jasper this week, bringing a message of hope, admiration and empathy to the community after it was devastated by fire in July. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon said the people she met during her Octob...

The production of 250 modular homes is being fast-tracked by the Alberta government to support Jasper residents who lost their homes in the July 24 wildfire. Yesterday (October 21), alongside Mayor Richard Ireland, West Yellowhead MLA Martin Long and Evergreens Foundation CAO Kristin Chambers, Minis...

The Jasper wildfire incident temporarily halted work and necessitated additional cleaning, particularly in the Aquatic Centre. Wildfire-caused delays are pushing the completion of renovations to Jasper’s recreation facilities into December. The municipality had previously projected thatthe $20-milli...

This week, contractors have started site-servicing at the parcels which will host interim housing units. Interim housing for Jasper residents who lost their homes in the Jasper Wildfire Complex is one step closer to realization. The Municipality of Jasper’s Director of Recovery, Michael Fark, provid...

Record dryness, extreme heat, high winds, and a lightning storm. This summer in Jasper National Park, all of the ingredients of a recipe for disaster were in place. Now, two and a half months after that disaster came to pass, another set of circumstances— misinformation, toxic politics and facts-sta...

Jasper seniors faced with losing their dedicated lounge space are not taking the prospect sitting down. As post-wildfire recovery work in Jasper ramps up and the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre shores up resources to assist in Jasper’s anticipated years-long rebuilding process, local officials a...

As local officials shore up millions of dollars worth of resources to help the community recover from the July 24 wildfire, a small team of advocates has been ensuring hundreds of workers in Jasper don’t slip through the cracks On July 22, when the community was evacuated due to the imminent threat ...

After increasing the base salary to the average of Banff, Jasper and Canmore, adopting a “no-diem approach” would result in an all-encompassing annual salary of $114,417 for the mayor and $36,056 for councillors. The Municipality of Jasper is seeking public feedback on proposed changes to how counci...

Residents with damaged homes must obtain residential demolition and debris removal permits or authorize a third party to do so on their behalf Jasperites who lost their homes in the July wildfire are being encouraged to participate in the community’s mass debris removal process being facilitated by ...

Jasper is at a crossroads. Like its residents, legislators in Ottawa must come together today to expedite Jasper’s rebuild “Will there just be crumbs, dad?” We were driving back to Jasper—for the first time since the fire. We were passing through the community’s west gate, trying to prepare the kids...

As local officials anticipate the lifting of the Local State of Emergency in Jasper on Sunday, September 15, critical housing needs are being addressed by a cluster of planners and administrators. Lifting the LSOE signals Jasper’s transition from acute emergency response to the community’s longer-te...

Nearly seven weeks after a series of lightning strikes ignited a tinder-dry forest on a hot, gusty evening, officials have the Jasper Wildfire Complex under control. “The fire perimeter today is 100 percent controlled,” Jasper National Park officials told media members Saturday, September 7. “The wi...

In the wake of a wildfire and the destruction of many of the community’s homes and businesses, Jasper is working to significantly boost its recovery capacity. Yesterday (Tuesday, September 3), Jasper Municipal Council approved a request from the town’s new Director of Recovery, Michael Fark, to add ...

"Blanket" permits will expedite process of applying for individual permit s for residential lease remediation, demolition and waste removal As the urgency on the Jasper Wildfire Complex ramps down, focus on Jasper’s recovery and rebuilding is ramping up. “We’ve made significant progress, but many ch...