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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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Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home
Jasper Builds
Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home
Andrea Ziegler 
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A nervous Darren Thom was awake at 5am today (August 12, 2025), eagerly anticipating the arrival of his new home. Nearly three hours later, at 7:50am,...
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Soiled: Jasper’s debris removal process will offer lessons for future fire-affected communities
Environment
Soiled: Jasper’s debris removal process will offer lessons for future fire-affected communities
Bob Covey 
Friday, August 8, 2025
Too restrictive regulations? Or insincere insurance companies? The Jasper Local digs into one of the complex elements of rebuilding in a national park...
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Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC
Environment
Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Permitting is steadily moving forward in Jasper, according to the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC). At the August 5 regular council meeting,...
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Le cirque comes to town
Arts & Culture
Le cirque comes to town
Saturday, August 9, 2025
A week of theatre games hosted by a duo from Edmonton culminated in a Friday afternoon circus performance for the ages (and for all ages). From August...
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ReRooted: On commemoration of wildfire, Jasper’s mayor offers poetic leadership
Community
ReRooted: On commemoration of wildfire, Jasper’s mayor offers poetic leadership
Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
At about 10 p.m. last July 22, 2024, anxious Jasperites, stuck in gridlock only blocks away from their homes and illuminated by the headlights of thei...
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Rebuilding a historic community: Linwood Homes breaks ground
Jasper Builds
Rebuilding a historic community: Linwood Homes breaks ground
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
As part of its new  Jasper Builds portal, The Jasper Local is providing builders the an opportunity to contribute sponsored content that we believe wi...
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JRCC laying groundwork for additional interim housing sites
Jasper Builds
JRCC laying groundwork for additional interim housing sites
Monday, July 28, 2025
More interim housing parcels are being prepared in Jasper. Lot 2 Block A, next to the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives , will soon be used for ei...
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Mountaineer proposes new moniker for prominent peak
Hiking and Climbing
Mountaineer proposes new moniker for prominent peak
Bob Covey 
Sunday, July 27, 2025
A rare ascent of a local peak, a climber campaigning to honour his family, and an uncovered register of heralded names in Jasper National Park’s alpin...
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Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home
Jasper Builds
Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home
Andrea Ziegler 
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A nervous Darren Thom was awake at 5am today (August 12, 2025), eagerly anticipating the arrival of his new home. Nearly three hours later, at 7:50am,...
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Soiled: Jasper’s debris removal process will offer lessons for future fire-affected communities
Environment
Soiled: Jasper’s debris removal process will offer lessons for future fire-affected communities
Bob Covey 
Friday, August 8, 2025
Too restrictive regulations? Or insincere insurance companies? The Jasper Local digs into one of the complex elements of rebuilding in a national park...
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Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC
Environment
Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Permitting is steadily moving forward in Jasper, according to the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC). At the August 5 regular council meeting,...
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Le cirque comes to town
Arts & Culture
Le cirque comes to town
Saturday, August 9, 2025
A week of theatre games hosted by a duo from Edmonton culminated in a Friday afternoon circus performance for the ages (and for all ages). From August...
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Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC
Environment
Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Permitting is steadily moving forward in Jasper, according to the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC). At the August 5 regular council meeting,...
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Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home
Jasper Builds
Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home
Andrea Ziegler 
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A nervous Darren Thom was awake at 5am today (August 12, 2025), eagerly anticipating the arrival of his new home. Nearly three hours later, at 7:50am,...
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Le cirque comes to town
Arts & Culture
Le cirque comes to town
Saturday, August 9, 2025
A week of theatre games hosted by a duo from Edmonton culminated in a Friday afternoon circus performance for the ages (and for all ages). From August...
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Soiled: Jasper’s debris removal process will offer lessons for future fire-affected communities
Environment
Soiled: Jasper’s debris removal process will offer lessons for future fire-affected communities
Bob Covey 
Friday, August 8, 2025
Too restrictive regulations? Or insincere insurance companies? The Jasper Local digs into one of the complex elements of rebuilding in a national park...
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