Director of Urban Design and Standards position will provide expertise and support for development matters The Municipality of Jasper is creating a new director position to help guide its planning and development challenges into the future. A recommendation to create a new full-time permanent Direct...

Parks Canada is considering a new project to get backcountry hikers over the turbulent waters of Simon Creek and on their way to Athabasca Pass Historic Site. While the notion of a new bridge—donated by trail users at no cost to the federal agency— was rebuffed three times by Jasper National Park’s ...

In part one of his series on caribou , biologist and wildlife photographer Mark Bradley discussed barren-ground caribou. Part two will focus on woodland caribou, the same ones found in Jasper National Park. Wolves, Elk and Caribou in Jasper National Park The area that is now Jasper National Park has...

Wildfires, smoke hazards, freezing rain and extreme heat are predicted to increase in Jasper over the next 30 years, and the town can expect the daily average temperature to never drop below minus 30 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. This, according to a recently released Climate Risk Asses...

Alberta Health Services and the Hinton Healthcare Centre are letting the public know of temporary acute bed shortages in the facility. Six of 23 acute care inpatient beds have been closed since March 15, according to the AHS website. The bed closures, which are anticipated to last until April 3, are...

The Jasper Brewing Co. Barley Kings are keeping their crown at the top of the Jasper Hockey League castle. The defending JHL champions fended off an impressive challenge by the De’d Dog Outlaws in the final game of Jasper’s “Super Sunday” JHL Triple Header, March 25, claiming the A-Cup in overtime w...

No booze, limited tickets and volunteer security personnel will constitute new restrictions The Jasper Hockey League is taking measures to ensure the season’s grande finale isn’t a giant fiasco. Since the summer, the Jasper Arena has been undergoing renovations to add three dressing rooms to the bui...

Proposed Parks Canada policies for murals in Jasper would stifle art and compromise a burgeoning local festival, proponents say. On March 21, at Jasper National Park’s Planning and Development Advisory Committee meeting (PDAC) , Parks Canada will present proposed amendments to Jasper’s Architectural...

UPDATE (May 7, 2025): The drug and weapons-related charges have been dropped, according to the RCMP Drug trafficking and weapons-related charges against two Jasper residents have been approved by the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service. Since Jasper RCMP last advised the community about a six-month in...

“In a split second, everything can change” A Jasperite who was buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling in British Columbia is reminding other backcountry users how quickly things can go from good to bad in avalanche terrain. Alison Mason has been snowmobiling—sledding, in Valemount parlance—for fo...