A community-focused organization based in Calgary with close ties to Jasper is the latest group to donate to the Jasper Legion. Foothills Energy Co-Op is an energy marketing organization. On Tuesday, September 25, board members Darrel Perlau and Dave Carnell helped re-energize the Jasper Legion.  Da...

Rrrrip. Rrrrip. Rrrrip. The distinct crackling of duct tape being peeled from its roll permeates the air on a hot September afternoon in Jasper. A white truck drives by. Then another. In the west end of the Jasper townsite, service vehicles have become ubiquitous. All of the neighbourhood’s sightlin...

Charges are pending after two hikers in a closed area in Jasper National Park were air-lifted to safety by a Parks Canada rescue team. On September 10, Jasper National Park dispatchers responded to a 911 call for help by a party attempting to climb Pyramid Mountain— access trails to which are in an ...

A 26-year-old male has died of his injuries and one person has been charged with impaired driving after a single vehicle rolled over on Pyramid Lake Road early this morning. On September 19, at 2:30 a.m., Jasper RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle roll over on Pyramid Lake Road. Officers ...

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...

Company's decision will "gut the town," according to a union spokesperson CN is pulling out of Jasper. The railroad corporation will be closing its crew change facility in Jasper, the company has announced. The news was emailed to Jasper-based employees by Nicole James, Vice President of Transportat...

Upheaval and change One of the most successful TV shows of the past several years has been Succession, a darkly funny drama about an exceptionally dysfunctional family of rich “one percenters” and their competition to succeed the ailing father as CEO of a huge corporation. In ecology, the word succe...

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-t...

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...

My husband and I had just returned to Jasper, one week after the official date of return. At our end of town, there is no avoiding the damage caused by the inferno. We had seen the images, of course, but viewing the damage in person was overwhelming. It was sensory overload, and we knew it would tak...