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Last Call before the Fall Farmers market wrap-up
Community
Last Call before the Fall Farmers market wrap-up
andrea 
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Wednesdays are winding down. After another successful summer, the Jasper Local Food Society’s weekly farmers’ market will wrap up September 6. Located in the McCready Centre parking lot, the market boasts about 15 booths, variously displaying produce, jewelry, homemade dog treats, soaps, paintings a...
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Community:  So long and thanks for the tarts
Community
Community: So long and thanks for the tarts
andrea 
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Ask any hockey parent in town, Shirley Dorin has an uncanny knack for remembering kids’ names. However, the longtime owner and operator of Shirley’s Place in the Jasper Activity Centre claims she doesn’t have the same skill when it comes to adults. “I’m not good with remembering adults names,” she s...
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Residency requirements for home-based business owners anything but black and white
Business
Residency requirements for home-based business owners anything but black and white
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
A Jasper woman whose eligible residency requirements were questioned by park officials is sharing her story to show that qualifying to live in Jasper is anything but black and white. Photographer Ashley Kennedy is busy these days. As a wedding and family photographer, her summers book up quick. And ...
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Alberta Politics
COMMENT: Rainbow crosswalk pitch should have been a home run
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Bob Covey, editor Just when I thought Jasper wasn’t some regressive backwater, living in isolation from the rest of the civilized world, the community shows its true colours. Rainbow crosswalk debates. How is this a thing? Let’s review, shall we? First, a local community organization, inspired by ot...
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Business: Entrepreneur and chef establishing Jasper roots
Arts and Culture
Business: Entrepreneur and chef establishing Jasper roots
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
It’s 10 minutes before noon at the Jasper Curry House. Owner and head chef, Gopal Shelke, is busy making naan bread. His hands move like he’s playing a tabla: rhythmic, graceful and lightning fast. Shelke turns the dough, slaps it, rolls it out and portions it off. He dabs the segments with butter a...
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Arts and Culture
Paddle forward to Canada’s past
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Athabasca River Brigade honours history, environment and cultural connections of Canada’s cross-continental waterway More than 170 adventurers have a new appreciation for the challenges—and connections—early settlers and fur traders would have experienced after a six day, 333 km trip on the Athabasc...
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Arts and Culture
Mountains of Relief momentum continues
Sunday, July 2, 2017
When Mountains of Relief set out to organize a musical event the Jasper Legion, they did so with two goals in mind. The first was to raise money for the development of a school in the community of Lisakhani, Nepal, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 2015. The second was to bring the community o...
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Bouncing your way into Pyramid Lake’s native lake trout fishery
Fishing
Bouncing your way into Pyramid Lake’s native lake trout fishery
Fred Noddin 
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Every year I anticipate the May long weekend fishing opener in the Mountain Parks. While there are a number of optio ns available for fishing, my sights are always set on one place: Pyramid Lake. There are so many things that draw me there. I love that Pyramid Mountain stands sentinel directly to th...
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Arts and Culture
Jasper Wild pays tribute to park’s protectors
Thursday, June 15, 2017
George Mercer’s new novel puts the spotlight on Jasper National Park development // supplied “We’re kind of loving this park to death. Too many people in my opinion.” So says park warden John Haffcut in George Mercer’s newest novel, Jasper Wild , the third and latest instalment in Mercer’s Dyed in t...
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Jasper’s Peter Amann to be honoured as ACC’s Mountain Guides Ball patron
Hiking and Climbing
Jasper’s Peter Amann to be honoured as ACC’s Mountain Guides Ball patron
Bob Covey 
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Peter Amann doesn’t have a bucket list. The 62-year-old mountain guide doesn’t have a catalog of peaks he needs to climb to feel like he’s been successful in the mountains. He doesn’t concern himself with all the 11,000 foot summits, for example, and he doesn’t care much about what others regard as ...
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Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
Arts & Culture
Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Jasperites donned their red and white, kitted out their floats and paraded around the community with pride on Canada Day (Tuesday, July 1). Local busi...
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Walking Through Fire: Wildlife
Environment
Walking Through Fire: Wildlife
Kirsten Schmitten 
Friday, July 4, 2025
Part 2: Home is where the hearth is In Part 1 of our Walking Through Fire series , we discussed how post-fire vegetation bounces back. But what about ...
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Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Arts & Culture
Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
One of Jasper’s most popular restaurants will soon be dishing up live music and good vibes. On July 4 at 8:30 p.m., Jasper Pizza Place will host a roo...
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When normal forestry practices don’t cut it
Environment
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 7, 2025
With a light-on-the-land touch, specialized arborists are cleaning up Jasper’s burn debris It’s a widely-accepted mystery: whether or not a tree that ...
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Two hikers killed by rockfall event at Bow Glacier Falls
Environment
Two hikers killed by rockfall event at Bow Glacier Falls
Friday, June 20, 2025
The Rockies hiking community is mourning the loss of two of its members today. Calgary's Jutta Hinrichs, 70 years old, a member of the hiking group Sl...
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The bear necessities
Environment
The bear necessities
Bob Covey 
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Collars, fences and attractant elimination keys to bear management Jasper National Park bear biologists are keeping a close eye on area grizzlies. At ...
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CONGRATULATIONS Class of 2025
Community
CONGRATULATIONS Class of 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Congratulations to the 2025 graduates of Jasper Jr/Sr High School and École Desrochers! These bright young individuals are now stepping confidently in...
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Meet the locals: Fran Jones
Community
Meet the locals: Fran Jones
Georgia Ristivojevic 
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
While Jasper's mountains, rivers and lakes get plenty of (deserved) air time, it's the people who live here that make the community welcoming and incl...
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Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
Arts & Culture
Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Jasperites donned their red and white, kitted out their floats and paraded around the community with pride on Canada Day (Tuesday, July 1). Local busi...
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Walking Through Fire: Wildlife
Environment
Walking Through Fire: Wildlife
Kirsten Schmitten 
Friday, July 4, 2025
Part 2: Home is where the hearth is In Part 1 of our Walking Through Fire series , we discussed how post-fire vegetation bounces back. But what about ...
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Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Arts & Culture
Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
One of Jasper’s most popular restaurants will soon be dishing up live music and good vibes. On July 4 at 8:30 p.m., Jasper Pizza Place will host a roo...
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When normal forestry practices don’t cut it
Environment
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 7, 2025
With a light-on-the-land touch, specialized arborists are cleaning up Jasper’s burn debris It’s a widely-accepted mystery: whether or not a tree that ...
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Latest ›
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it
Environment
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 7, 2025
With a light-on-the-land touch, specialized arborists are cleaning up Jasper’s burn debris It’s a widely-accepted mystery: whether or not a tree that ...
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Walking Through Fire: Wildlife
Environment
Walking Through Fire: Wildlife
Kirsten Schmitten 
Friday, July 4, 2025
Part 2: Home is where the hearth is In Part 1 of our Walking Through Fire series , we discussed how post-fire vegetation bounces back. But what about ...
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Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
Arts & Culture
Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Jasperites donned their red and white, kitted out their floats and paraded around the community with pride on Canada Day (Tuesday, July 1). Local busi...
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Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Arts & Culture
Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
One of Jasper’s most popular restaurants will soon be dishing up live music and good vibes. On July 4 at 8:30 p.m., Jasper Pizza Place will host a roo...
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