The Municipality of Jasper celebrated the re-opening of the Jasper Activity Centre last week, marking a milestone for the community’s recreation facilities. Municipal councillor Kathleen Waxer had the honour of cutting the ribbon on the newly-renovated Jasper Activity Centre, Arena and Fitness & Aqu...

Depleted Bearcats squad claws out first round playoff victory If you thought that the final of the Four Nations Faceoff would be the hockey highlight of your week, you’d be wrong. Sure the best players in the world competing for their countries makes for exciting hockey, but have you seen the U15 Ja...

The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) will close this weekend for avalanche control work. Avalanche specialists are forecasting that a winter storm will hit Jasper and Banff National Park this weekend, bringing as much as 40 cm of snow. To manage the avalanche hazard on the Icefields Parkway, road closure...

Re: Alberta's cougar harvest policy doesn't track (Jasper Local, February 14, 2025). February 19, 2025 Dear Editor: As a retired community newspaper publisher, taking a compliment on a good piece or editorial is something that I used to shy away from. That said, Bradley and Covey deserve a tip-of-th...

Rocky Mountain Live will help artists and arts organizations reach their audiences and each other A new live music platform is amplifying local artists and the venues they play. Rocky Mountain Live has launched as a new, one-stop-shop promotional website which aims to increase the exposure of local ...

Last week, while checking some of his trail cameras near Canmore’s Gap Lake, conservationist and wildlife photographer John E. Marriott came upon a cougar kill. Marriott thought it was his lucky day: a big horned sheep carcass meant the elusive cats were likely nearby, and paw prints surrounding the...

A group of tourism companies have collectively pledged more than $5.5 million to aid in Jasper’s wildfire recovery. Pursuit, the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Rocky Mountaineer and Jasper Brewing Co, are coming together to help the community after last summer’s unprecedented wildfires. “This donation ...

The first trailer loads of Jasper’s interim housing units were trucked into the community today (February 11, 2025). Squeezing under the 5.1 metre CN bridge at the east end of Jasper, 60 mobile housing structures— procured by Parks Canada after months of uncertainty in the community—began arriving o...

Jasper’s urgent housing needs have been given a $39.4 million shot in the arm. Yesterday (February 6, 2025), the federal government announced a $9.4 million contribution to Jasper’s longer-term housing solutions, as well as $30 million to provide interim housing for those displaced by the July 24 wi...

Whisky lovers, both neophyte and barrel-aged, descended on the Maligne Range during Jasper in January for the inaugural meeting of the Jasper Whisky Social Club.  Brainchild of Spike Baker, Distiller and Barrel Manager for the Maligne Range , and Marc LeBlanc, owner of Liquor Lodge , the JWSC tapped...

Girls' hockey took centre ice over the weekend in Jasper. The second annual Female Hockey Day in Jasper brought to town female players, coaches, trainers and community leaders. Teams and their supporters came from Edmonton, Hinton, Valemount and in the case of the Wheatland Wranglers, all the way fr...

An Alberta storyteller whose roots will always be firmly planted in Jasper is coming back to her hometown to relay Some of the Facts . Author and creative writing instructor Beth Everest, the daughter of Jasper business patriarch Roy Everest, will read from her latest book at the Jasper Municipal Li...

Jasper council is considering a proposal to create a temporary pop-up business village on Connaught Drive. The pop up village would be potentially located in the 600 block of Connaught Drive, in the parking lot with the municipal public washrooms. Council heard that the village would give businesses...

Jasperites finally have some answers about interim housing. Details about the type, layout and anticipated location of Parks Canada-procured interim housing have been released by the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre. According to the JRCC, approximately 100 duplex-style trailers, representing up ...

Community Futures West Yellowhead is reminding Jasper employers that they may be eligible for business recovery funding. Available through the Jasper Business Recovery Program , the grant money is available to businesses with 50 or fewer employees that are licensed in either the Municipality of Jasp...

Rent is rising in Jasper, and with it, tenants’ anxiety about being able to afford to live here. Last week, residents in the 36 units of the “Walk Ups” (1004 Patricia Street apartments) were sent notice that starting May 1, 2025, their rents were going up—from $1,500 to $2,000, in the case of one co...

For 30 years, Kevin Martin was one of the country’s top curlers and since the mid-1990s, his was one of a handful of household names in the sport. Although he amassed many championships, trophies and awards—including the gold medal which capped his career at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver—the...

The Jasper Winter Pentathlon is a made-in-Jasper event which brings together much of what makes the community great: diverse culture, outdoor recreation, connection to nature and community spirit. Teams of up to five participants compete for fastest time, and fittest costume, at the ACFA Jasper Wint...

A couple of weeks ago a grizzly was reported on the Pyramid Bench, playing in the ice and snow.  Grizzly prints in Jasper reported January 8, 2025. // Courtesy Jasper National Park More recently, an entire team of the powerful animals—the U18 Jasper Grizzlies—emerged to host what might be their fina...

Jasperites marched in solidarity against the lack of progress on interim housing January 24. Six months to the day after the homes of approximately 2,000 people living in Jasper burned in the largest wildfire ever recorded in Jasper National Park, hundreds of demonstrators showed their unity with di...