Pre-game tributes honour fallen Jasperites The JFI Bonestars are Jasper Hockey League champions again. The regular season leaders disappointed neither their fans nor the bookies as the far-and-away favourites fought off the underdog Outlaws—who were returning to the A-Final once again on the strengt...

Despite the 2024 Jasper wildfire, Pursuit is forecasting a strong recovery of leisure travel in Jasper for 2025. At its March 11 shareholders meeting, David Barry, President and CEO of Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, reported strong fourth-quarter earnings in 2024, despite the company losing ne...

Jasperites were on the airwaves last week. Listeners to terrestrial radio heard a pot-pourri of Jasper recovery stories and successes on CBC Radio One on Friday, March 14 when the popular morning show Edmonton AM broadcast live from Andromeda Coffee on Patricia Street.  Some of the behind the scenes...

A Utah-based artist whose favourite subjects to paint are rugged, rough-hewn and rigorous, figures he’ll have plenty of inspiration in Jasper this weekend. Stewart Anstead is an acrylics painter who incorporates mixed media in his works to evoke nostalgia, and to explore human interaction with natur...

The Municipality of Jasper is seeking input on the local rental market amid housing challenges. In the wake of recent reports of double digit rent hikes and updates to lease terms that may impact families, the MOJ is reaching out to tenants and landlords. “Housing was already a challenge in Jasper b...

UPDATED: The Icefields Parkway (Hwy93N) has been reopened. The parkway was closed on Saturday, March 8 through to Monday, March 10 . A winter storm was forecast to hit Jasper and Banff National Park March 9-10, bringing as much as 45 cm of snow, according to Parks Canada. "If the full force of this ...

Jasper’s fire-stalled economy has been given another big boost to help it crank over. Yesterday (March 6, 2025), the federal government announced $2.2 million in funding to provide temporary retail locations for local businesses, to advance affordable housing, to help enable efficient construction i...

The union has not yet provided 72-hour strike notice or indicated when it might do that. Workers with the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division may soon join a province-wide strike for higher wages and more education funding. One hundred and sixty support staff voted 82 per cent in favour of stri...

Jasper’s youth were all over the ice and the slopes last weekend (March 1-2), putting pucks in nets and picking up cowbells. Let’s start with the Jasper Junior Olympics . The annual race at Marmot Basin is one of the largest youth ski races in North America, featuring 350 athletes from 5 to 11-years...

A Jasperite has been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Municipal councillor Helen Kelleher-Empey was presented with the honour on February 28 by Yellowhead Member of Parliament Gerald Soroka. Along with her council duties, Kelleher-Empey is a board member of the Evergreens Foundation , ...