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Tongue Trickster: Jasper author searching with language and levity
Arts and Culture
Tongue Trickster: Jasper author searching with language and levity
Bob Covey 
Saturday, April 23, 2022
In Jasper, a trickster is about. Just ask Joe Urie—although be warned…you might not get a straight answer. Illustration: Joe Urie and Ed Duchoslav While he was writing his forthcoming, debut novel, Urie wasn’t sure if the protagonist he was crafting was based on himself, or not. However, a conversat...
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Alberta Politics
Reimagining Alberta’s past, reclaiming its future
Bob Covey 
Monday, March 15, 2021
Author, conservationist and former superintendent of Banff National Park, Kevin Van Tighem, wants Albertans to reimagine themselves. At a time when social, economic and environmental changes confront and confound Alberta,Van Tighem, a fourth-generation Albertan, says we need better ways of rememberi...
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Arts and Culture
Artist reframing loss in new Jasper-based book
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Destanne Norris has long-known that death is part of living.  However, it’s taken her decades to fully understand that idea. Norris lost her daughter to a tragic accident in 1995. Leah was just 19-months-old when she fell into the Maligne River and was swept away. “She just got away from our eyes,” ...
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Arts and Culture
First-time author hopes to inspire future adventurers
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Jasper’s Ailsa Ross has a rule: no screens before she gets outside in the morning. That means no logging into social media, no checking her phone, no firing up the laptop. Instead, she’ll head out for a walk around Cabin Creek. Or a quick bike ride. The important thing is that she doesn’t waste the ...
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Arts and Culture
Family travel writers to share globetrotting misadventures
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
When Rob Krause and Daria Salamon decided to put their 9-5 lives on hold, pull the kids out of school and go backpacking around the world for a year, they had some apprehensions. But beyond the regular traveller trepidations—getting bit by a poisonous snake or catching malaria, for example—there wer...
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Cartoonist’s pen is cheekier than the sword
Arts and Culture
Cartoonist’s pen is cheekier than the sword
Bob Covey 
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Almost three decades ago, The Jasper Booster—precursor to Jasper’s current community newspapers—had a space to fill in its newsroom. The Booster’s long-standing editorial cartoonist, Thomas Boldt—or Tab, as he became known for his work with Sun Media Newspapers—was moving on.  Then-publisher Haf Bai...
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It was always about MORE THAN THE BIKE
Arts and Culture
It was always about MORE THAN THE BIKE
Bob Covey 
Monday, June 25, 2018
It was 1993. May. The almost two-month long siege at Waco Texas had just ended in terrible massacre; the siege of Sarajevo by the Bosnian Serbs was into its second year. The following month would see TVs final episode of Cheers and rave reviews for blockbuster movie Jurassic Park. There was no fanfa...
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Arts and Culture
Winter grit: Walking to where the waters are born
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
My last thought before falling asleep after a long, cold day on the trail was “heaven is a lasagna of sleeping bags.” At least that’s what my last thought was supposed to be. Instead, as I zipped myself into three layers of down-lined, thermal quilts, supported by two air mattresses in a finally-war...
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Arts and Culture
Marmot Derby: The original ski mountaineering race
Friday, March 16, 2018
Back in Jack Pugh’s day, there was no such thing as lycra or carbon fibre. Ski bindings tightened with lugs and cables, and after you climbed up a mountain with 215 cm wooden skis on your “bedroom slipper” lace-up boots, you wrapped your seal hide skins around your waist to descend. Jack will be 90 ...
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Dancing on the  tips of the earth: A Family Affair
Arts and Culture
Dancing on the tips of the earth: A Family Affair
Bob Covey 
Sunday, September 17, 2017
It started with Pyramid Mountain. And a two-dollar child seat on the back of my Rocky Mountain Blizzard. We’d been in Jasper for two months yet I hadn’t really noticed the mountain before. Then all of a sudden, as though the mountain had dropped from Heaven the previous night, I saw it for the first...
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What lies beneath: Outhouses, rabies and their adorable, unfortunate connection
Health
What lies beneath: Outhouses, rabies and their adorable, unfortunate connection
Andrea Ziegler 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Earlier this year, Jasper Local publisher Andrea Ziegler skied into a backcountry cabin with her husband and a group of friends. She was not expecting...
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Railroaders’ eligible residency discussed by council, CN
Community
Railroaders’ eligible residency discussed by council, CN
Bob Covey 
Monday, June 9, 2025
The fate of longterm Canadian National (CN) employees based in Jasper whose reporting terminal is being relocated is being discussed by local official...
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Biggest Valemountain Days yet this weekend
Community
Biggest Valemountain Days yet this weekend
Abigail Popple, freelance contributor 
Friday, June 13, 2025
Pancakes, petting zoo, pony rides, parades and more happening in Jasper's neighbouring village in B.C. The village of Valemount, B.C., is gearing up f...
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Council briefs: Charging stations, construction co-ordinator & taxes
Community
Council briefs: Charging stations, construction co-ordinator & taxes
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative 
Friday, June 13, 2025
Jasper council approves EV charging stations, another recovery position Jasper council approved the establishment of two new electric vehicle (EV) cha...
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A steel foundation: A century of railroading in Jasper
Community
A steel foundation: A century of railroading in Jasper
John Wilmshurst 
Thursday, May 29, 2025
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...
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Evergreens celebrates 65 years of seniors housing
Community
Evergreens celebrates 65 years of seniors housing
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
When they turn 65, individuals in Canada become eligible for a pension. But when the Evergreens Foundation turns 65, pensioners throw a party! On Satu...
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Firefighters battling out of control wildfire in Yellowhead Country
News
Firefighters battling out of control wildfire in Yellowhead Country
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
A wildfire 6 km west of Mercoal, Alberta, remains out of control. Alberta Wildfire firefighters, helicopters and heavy equipment continue to respond t...
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Yellowhead Lake fire extinguished
News
Yellowhead Lake fire extinguished
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
A small (0.5 hectare) wildfire near Yellowhead Lake, just outside of Jasper National Park's west border with B.C., has been extinguished. At 7 p.m. on...
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What lies beneath: Outhouses, rabies and their adorable, unfortunate connection
Health
What lies beneath: Outhouses, rabies and their adorable, unfortunate connection
Andrea Ziegler 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Earlier this year, Jasper Local publisher Andrea Ziegler skied into a backcountry cabin with her husband and a group of friends. She was not expecting...
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Railroaders’ eligible residency discussed by council, CN
Community
Railroaders’ eligible residency discussed by council, CN
Bob Covey 
Monday, June 9, 2025
The fate of longterm Canadian National (CN) employees based in Jasper whose reporting terminal is being relocated is being discussed by local official...
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Biggest Valemountain Days yet this weekend
Community
Biggest Valemountain Days yet this weekend
Abigail Popple, freelance contributor 
Friday, June 13, 2025
Pancakes, petting zoo, pony rides, parades and more happening in Jasper's neighbouring village in B.C. The village of Valemount, B.C., is gearing up f...
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Council briefs: Charging stations, construction co-ordinator & taxes
Community
Council briefs: Charging stations, construction co-ordinator & taxes
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative 
Friday, June 13, 2025
Jasper council approves EV charging stations, another recovery position Jasper council approved the establishment of two new electric vehicle (EV) cha...
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Jasper’s two gas stations are swamped, council hears
Business
Jasper’s two gas stations are swamped, council hears
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative, Jasper Fitzhugh 
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Traffic congestion is becoming a growing issue at the town’s two remaining gas stations, according to a letter sent to Jasper Municipal Council. Mayor...
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Council briefs: Charging stations, construction co-ordinator & taxes
Community
Council briefs: Charging stations, construction co-ordinator & taxes
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative 
Friday, June 13, 2025
Jasper council approves EV charging stations, another recovery position Jasper council approved the establishment of two new electric vehicle (EV) cha...
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Biggest Valemountain Days yet this weekend
Community
Biggest Valemountain Days yet this weekend
Abigail Popple, freelance contributor 
Friday, June 13, 2025
Pancakes, petting zoo, pony rides, parades and more happening in Jasper's neighbouring village in B.C. The village of Valemount, B.C., is gearing up f...
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What lies beneath: Outhouses, rabies and their adorable, unfortunate connection
Health
What lies beneath: Outhouses, rabies and their adorable, unfortunate connection
Andrea Ziegler 
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Earlier this year, Jasper Local publisher Andrea Ziegler skied into a backcountry cabin with her husband and a group of friends. She was not expecting...
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