She came, she saw, she lived her best life. And now Laura-Ann Chong is settling in to her second "dream job" in as many years. If you’ve had the privilege of staying or playing at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge , you can bet your experience was elevated thanks to the behind-the-scenes work of JPL’s ...

Jade Dulle knows something about an uphill battle. The 28-year-old Saskatoon woman recently passed through Jasper on her road bike. Her starting point was Prince Rupert, B.C., 1,000 kilometres away. Her endpoint: Newfoundland. Getting through the Rocky Mountains was tough, but Dulle wasn’t prepared ...

Organizers, artists and partakers of the 2024 UpLift! Mural Festival are soaring on the thermals of another successful celebration of art in Jasper. The festival, now in its third year, has brought more vibrancy to walls around the community. And because Parks Canada has softened its stance on forma...

Changes will send chills through municipal councils and create a lot of grief for MLAs  It has been very interesting to watch over the past week how Premier  Danielle Smith ’s United Conservative Party government has unrolled its suite of changes to municipal governance and local election laws, and ...

Jasper National Park has implemented area closures to give grizzly bears, black bears and calving elk room to roam. Grizzly bears are in the Jasper valley bottoms. Area closures along Trail 7 are in place to give them room. // Simone Heinrich Trail 7 along the south and east borders of the Jasper Pa...

Jasper’s outfitter lifestyle stars in entertaining, enlightening read Geologist Patrick McLaren has created a solid bedrock on which to recount his charming memoirs. Magic Travels: The Unlikely Adventures of a Geologist is McLaren’s first book. The title presents an unassuming facade, but what lies ...

Brian and I glanced at each other nervously, then raised our binoculars back to our eyes and continued scanning the horizon. Nothing. We had been dropped off in the middle of a vast black spruce bog in Wood Buffalo National Park. We were to have lunch while our helicopter pilot flew back to the fuel...

Guests of the Jasper SkyTram got an unexpected helicopter ride down from the top of Whistlers Mountain after high winds shut down the tramway for the afternoon.  On Tuesday, May 7, one of Jasper’s pre-eminent visitor attractions was hit with strong wind gusts, contributing to factors which ultimatel...

Victims were sleeping while thieves stole electronics, bikes and keys to vehicle Three suspects connected to a recent break-and-enter at a family home in Jasper have been arrested by RCMP officers.  On April 26, Jasper RCMP received a report of a break-and-enter at a residence in Jasper. The victims...

Jasper National Park has reopened the Maligne Lake Road after avalanche control monitoring. The closure was lifted at 3 p.m. today (May 2). It began May 1 at 12 p.m. and was in place in the wake of 25 cm of snow that fell between Tuesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 2. The storm, which increased the ...

More than 1,300 racers descended on Jasper April 27 for the annual Jasper Canadian Rockies Half Marathon, organized by MultisportCanada. Participants signed up for the half marathon (21 km), 10 km, 5 km or 1 km "fun run." One of those participating in the fun run was 96-year-old Kate Schurer, from N...

Parks Canada and Alberta Fish and Wildlife are reminding industry partners about the hazards of intervening in life-and-death situations involving wildlife. On March 11, Alberta Fish and Wildlife’s Hinton office received an atypical call from CN dispatchers after a bighorn sheep was injured on the r...

The table is set for a new festival showcasing Jasper’s finest flavours. A Taste of Spring is a seasonal culinary celebration cooked up by Tourism Jasper alongside live music and unique art.  "Taste of Spring gathers Jasper’s best chefs, musicians, artists and other talented locals to show off their...

Parks Canada is reviewing its waste disposal practices after sparks from a burn pit at the Jasper Transfer Station ignited a wildfire earlier this week. On Monday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m. Parks Canada received a report of suspicious smoke emanating from approximately 10 km east of the Jaspe...

If Picasso spent his whole life trying to paint like a child, more than three dozen young artists have a good start on the master.  The Jasper Habitat for the Arts was alive with the visual creations of the students of Mme Vanessa Martin’s after school art programs on April 9.  The exposition featur...

Two residents were acknowledged for their contributions to Jasper’s community well-being by Mayor and Council on April 16. During National Volunteer Week, Jasperites Marie-Pierre Flipo-Bergeron and Kiara Davis were presented with Mayor’s Recognition Awards for their volunteer efforts. “We’re a small...

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In Jasper, mountains are all around us, but on April 17, at the Jasper Legion, they will take centre stage. A four-feature summer film festival, Mountains On Stage , presented by the local francophone association ( ACFA Jasper ), will inspire and entertain, according to organizers.  “At the end of t...

Organizers of 15th annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival proud of the inclusive spaces created More than 40 events are planned between April 12 and 21. Local pride is flying high in anticipation of the annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival. As it’s done for 15 years now , the festival is once again fl...

Dear Editor, Jasper National Park management has closed large parts of formerly prime backcountry ski terrain as part of a larger program to protect and restore caribou populations that have sharply declined over the past century. JNP offers the hypothesis that ski tracks facilitate wolf movements a...