“Bring a floating line for chironomid fishing and a sinking line for casting big streamers to lakers. This is gonna be epic!” So came the text from Ryan “Rye Rye” Catherwood on the Friday before the May 20/21 weekend. Few dates are anticipated as highly by Jasper National Park anglers—it’s May Long ...

Service disruptions at the Jasper Activity Centre and the Jasper Arena will impact access to the building, limit use of the facility and put the squeeze on local businesses this winter. Jasper Municipal Council heard yesterday (July 11) that the next phase of the Jasper Activity Centre Renovation Pr...

Jasper is hopping on board with public transit. At their July 11 committee of the whole meeting, Jasper Municipal Council passed a motion to engage a public transit service provider for the community and surrounding national park amenities, starting in September. Critically, the program includes cre...

Early July 7, after having won their regional league, Jasper’s U13 boys’ soccer team pulled out of town to head to the rural provincial championships. They left the mountains and foothills behind, passed through cities and towns, and drove by canola fields and giant perogies before the team and thei...

Four hikers are happy to be home after a wind storm knocked over several trees in their campsite in the Jasper National Park backcountry and injured two sleeping campers. On July 1, Jasperites Jeff Baker and Megan Posein, along with their hiking partners from Calgary (who asked that their names not ...

A man who shot a black bear while hiking with a firearm in Jasper National Park has been fined $7,500. On August 6, 2022, Serge Painchaud of Edmonton was hiking with two friends on the Overlander Trail, a popular hiking trail along the Athabasca River, east of the Jasper townsite. The group was hiki...

Alberta RCMP officers have charged a 40-year-old with arson after a Lake Louise staff housing complex was destroyed by fire. On July 3 at approximately 12 p.m., Lake Louise RCMP, along with local fire departments, responded to a fire at the Charleston Residence. Along with the call that the residenc...

The Municipality of Jasper, the Jasper Canada Day Committee and local partners are serving up an all-day buffet of community spirit on July 1. The Municipality of Jasper is taking care of the pancake breakfast from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Commemoration Park. The cost is $5 (cash only). To reduce waste...

A new exhibit depicting the importance of bison to Métis culture is on display at Whistlers’ Campground in Jasper National Park. Through 10 double-sided interpretive panels, colourfully rendered by Métis artist Jesse Gouchey, Lii Buflo: A Métis Way of Life uses story telling devices and technology t...

What a difference a week makes! Jasperites are used to changing weather, but last Monday, June 19 was one for the books! With more than 100 mm of rain and up to a metre of snow in high elevations, Mother Nature had residents scrambling to salvage their gardens and visitors reimagining their vacation...