Jasper council has approved $250,000 from reserves for emergency repairs at the Activity Centre after mold and material deterioration were discovered in the basement. Christopher Read, director of Community Development, told council on Sept. 30 that a remediation team discovered the damage in Septem...

Jasper council has approved $250,000 from reserves for emergency repairs at the Activity Centre after mold and material deterioration were discovered in the basement. Christopher Read, director of Community Development, told council on Sept. 30 that a remediation team discovered the damage in Septem...

Hinton is urging the Alberta government to commit to continued funding for its specialized wildfire team before the program’s current funding expires March 31. Mayor Brian LaBerge said the town wants stable, multi-year funding and an immediate commitment, rather than waiting for next year’s provinci...

The Jasper U18 Bearcats opened their 2026-27 home season Saturday with a moving tribute to Danica Hills and Kayla Peacock, two young teammates who passed away in a car accident while returning home from hockey practice in February. With the families of both girls in attendance, players and members o...

208 Jasper Field Unit employees identified as affected as Parks Canada plans to cut about 500 full-time-equivalent positions nationally Nearly half of the employees working for Parks Canada’s Jasper Field Unit have been identified as affected by a federal workforce adjustment process that is expecte...

Support for questions on immigration, social programs and provincial powers trailed the rest of West Yellowhead by more than 30 percentage points Jasper voters rejected all nine proposals put to Albertans in the province’s recent referendum, with support for each measure falling well below the level...

Unofficial results show 91 per cent support for staying in Canada in Jasper, while West Yellowhead riding-wide support sits just below 60 per cent Jasper voters overwhelmingly favoured remaining in Canada in Monday’s Alberta referendum. Unofficial results show a much higher level of support for the ...

Jasper earned five out of five blooms in this year’s Communities in Bloom Alberta Awards, placing it among just two communities in the province to receive the top rating. Meg Moll, administrator for Jasper Communities in Bloom, said the committee was pleased with the results and the feedback from ju...

Paid parking will resume a month earlier in Jasper next year. On October 6 council voted to extend the annual season from May 1 to Oct. 31, with the added month expected to generate an estimated $113,000 in revenue. “It seems to me that April clearly is a month that we should be capturing,” Coun. Da...

From SkyTram stargazing to a drone show, free concerts and fireside chats inspired by the solar system, Jasper’s 10-day celebration offers plenty of ways to get lost in space. A marquee experience of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival is stargazing with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada at Lake Ann...

A conversation near the river offers a chance to consider why separation appeals to some Albertans, and why staying in Canada is worth showing up for. On the way back from the Smoky River recently, my new fishing buddy brought up a subject I’d hoped we’d be able to avoid. Not the fact that we’d been...

Jasper could introduce winter bus service to Marmot Basin in November 2027 as part of a proposed five-year transit expansion plan that would more than double the Municipality's annual operating subsidy. On Tuesday, September 29, committee of the whole referred the proposed expansions to budget discu...

Jasperites will soon have a chance to help shape a new town plan that will guide the community’s growth and development over the coming years. Beth Sanders, the Municipality’s director of Urban Design and Standards, told council Sept. 29 that the plan is necessary to transfer land-use planning and d...

Jasper school community works toward a new place to play, heal and grow For more than a decade, the dream of a new playground at Jasper Elementary School has been a work in progress. What began with conversations between parents about replacing the aging equipment has gradually become a multi-phase ...

A Hinton man is home safe after being overdue for several days. Hinton RCMP had been asking for the public’s help locating a 27-year-old Hinton man who had not been in contact with his family since Sept. 30. Dexter Joseph Altrogge left his home near Cheviot Drive in Hinton and told family he may be ...

David MacPhee returned to the place his adopted family was forced to leave more than a century ago, carrying stories of grief — and a hope that reconciliation can make tomorrow different for his grandchildren. When David MacPhee looks at the mountains around Jasper, he doesn't simply see mountains. ...

Parks Canada is standing by its decision to move Snaring Campground onto the online reservation system next year, despite a petition from Jasper residents asking the agency to reconsider. In a response to the community members who organized the petition, Jasper National Park Superintendent Geneviève...

"It's a good example of how provincial rules and regulations increase the cost of doing business for municipalities." The Municipality of Jasper has adopted new privacy regulations to bring it into compliance with updated provincial legislation. On Sept. 1, council approved the privacy management pr...

Jasper Habitat for the Arts, ACFA and the Jasper Municipal Library mark 10 years at the Jasper Library and Cultural Centre with music, cake and a celebration of the building’s creative community For the past 10 years, the Jasper Library and Cultural Centre has been more than a place to borrow a book...

Elections Alberta is looking for more people to work the polls in Jasper , with the West Yellowhead electoral division still short about 200 election workers ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum. Jasper is one of the communities being prioritized for recruitment, according to Catie Kopp, Returning Office...