SkiMo athlete Peter Knight has rocketed up to number one on the SkiMo circuit in Canada, but although he’s a beast on the skin track, the 30-year-old Edmontonian is arguably even more savage on social media . Knight en route to victory at Marmot’s Revenge in 2018. // Bob Covey Knight has already cha...

When 25-year-old Vanessa McGibbon decided to relocate to Jasper for a career move, she was looking forward to embracing small town living. Little did she know how much the small town would embrace her. On February 5, barely a month after she started her new job as a physiotherapist in Jasper, McGibb...

Back in 1978, Blair Timmins was living the Jasper life. When he wasn’t carving up the slopes he was tuning skis at Marmot Basin. But Timmins, fresh out of the Alberta oil patch, was frustrated with his job. The 24-year-old never had enough time to service customers’ skis properly. Between the time t...

A bison bone found high in the alpine near Maligne Lake is opening doors of discovery for paleo-environmental researchers in Jasper National Park. In 2016, Parks Canada historians surveying an ice patch near the headwaters of Trapper Creek were surprised to find what looked to be a bison humerus mel...

Jasper-based education org celebrating 20 years of working in Africa As October snows threaten, some locals are packing their suitcases with visions of warmer climates dancing through their heads. A Hawaiian getaway perhaps? Sojourn to Mexico? Costa Rica vacay? Not for Jasperite Jill Fenton. Althoug...

A local business owner has taken a small but significant step in making Jasper more accessible. Ever since she opened the Bear’s Paw and Other Paw Bakeries, Kim Stark has always known the stores weren’t wheelchair friendly. “It always bothered me,” she said. “There’s that small step up that makes it...

Bob Covey // The Jasper Local Newspaper Fright night in Alberta came early this year. October 31 in Jasper had its fair share of ghosts and ghouls, but the real scares were being conjured up at the Alberta Legislature a week prior. Minister of Finance Travis Toews wasn’t donning a costume when he ro...

Guest columnist: Joe Urie Imagine being gifted the name Gloria. It’s such a beautiful name. A name derived from the Latin word which simply means “Glory.” Now, try to imagine living up to the hype of such a name. To many of us, if we were ever made to try, it might seem a daunting task. Or maybe it ...

When she was a kid, Dawn Glover had a t-shirt that said Run For Your Life. Today, the 46-year-old is personifying that mantra. Her life is her family, her faith and her community—all of which she was running for on July 7, helping her become the 2019 champion of the Sinister 7 ultra marathon in the ...

Update: Council has passed a motion reducing the town’s speed limit to 40 km/hr Whenever classic editorial fodder such as the changing of municipal speed zones are up for community debate, the old timey newspaperman in me can’t wait to wade in. Usually, after uncrossing my arms and loudly cracking m...