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Editorial
The Jasper Local Team
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Andrea Ziegler, Publisher Andrea Ziegler has built and led digital media companies for over twenty years. Working exclusively in digital media since 2000, Andrea has been on the front lines of the transition of businesses to the digital economy, including community media, classifieds, music, and tel...
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Building community media, not social media
Editorial
Building community media, not social media
Andrea Ziegler 
Monday, February 7, 2022
A message from the publisher Andrea Ziegler, Raven Community Media Bob Covey and I started discussing the future of community media in the spring of 2019. I reached out to Bob in his capacity as a successful entrepreneur in the challenging business of community media. We discovered that we share a p...
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Why Parks Canada gave green light for variances on large scale apartment complex is nebulous
Alberta Politics
Why Parks Canada gave green light for variances on large scale apartment complex is nebulous
Bob Covey 
Friday, November 5, 2021
Right now, the face of progress in Jasper is a proposed high-density apartment complex that will push parking issues to the brink and house 144 prospective tenants in units so small that developers need special permission to build them. The Municipality of Jasper has hired contractors to tie in util...
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Jasper, we have a problem: Paid Parking Pilot sputtering on takeoff
Editorial
Jasper, we have a problem: Paid Parking Pilot sputtering on takeoff
Bob Covey 
Sunday, August 1, 2021
I know it’s a pilot project but Paid Parking in Jasper isn’t exactly off to a soaring start. We all laughed when the MOJ had to delay the initiative due to damaged signage, but since it began in earnest, I don’t hear a lot of chuckling. It was bound to be a tough transition for locals—we’d never had...
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How can we support our educators? Reject the draft curriculum
Alberta Politics
How can we support our educators? Reject the draft curriculum
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Most of us had a favourite teacher from school. I had a few. Mrs. Royer, in elementary school, was warm, accessible and caring. She treated all of her students equally, and I’ll never forget how hard she laughed at Grade 6 camp when my friend jumped out of his sleeping bag in his undies while she tr...
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Alberta Politics
Read the room, UCP. No one wants this nightmare curriculum
Bob Covey 
Friday, April 2, 2021
You know that dream where you’re sitting in your old high school classroom and you’ve got a test in front of you but you haven’t studied and you don’t remember seeing any of the course material before and the test is actually in hieroglyphics and—oh no—you’re not wearing any pants? I hate that dream...
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Opinion: Threats to Alberta’s headwaters are in all of our purview
Alberta Politics
Opinion: Threats to Alberta’s headwaters are in all of our purview
Bob Covey 
Monday, February 22, 2021
Who opposes the province’s decision to allow open-pit coal mining in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains? Basically everyone. So suggests Edmonton-based writer and political watcher, Dave Cournoyer ( daveberta.ca ). Cournoyer lists ranchers, farmers, environmental organizations and recreational groups among t...
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We’re having to make tough choices in our community. Choosing to shop local shouldn’t be one of them.
Arts and Culture
We’re having to make tough choices in our community. Choosing to shop local shouldn’t be one of them.
Bob Covey 
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Jasper’s vulnerability is on full display in the height of the COVID pandemic’s second wave. Local officials are taking pains to protect our community’s health and safety while trying not to upset the applecart that is our economic viability. It’s a delicate dance, particularly because our municipal...
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Stay vigilant, Jasper: Latest COVID spreads coming from within
Editorial
Stay vigilant, Jasper: Latest COVID spreads coming from within
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Anyone else embarrassed to be an Albertan these days? I was born and raised in this province, but the egregious displays of anti-social partisanship when it comes to disobeying health guidelines have me feeling sick to my belt buckle. “Freedom” rally in Calgary, late November. // Calgary Herald Anti...
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Alberta Politics
Can Jasper take a mulligan on the limp handshake of greeting signs?
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Signs, signs, everywhere a sign. Can we talk about the new signs that adorn the east and west entrances of our town? “Adorn” might not actually be the right word—that term usually applies to things which make something more attractive. Regretfully, Jasper’s new entrance signs do the opposite—like gi...
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Trail tech: The next generation
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Finding their bearings: How bears use habitat
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CONGRATULATIONS Class of 2025
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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
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Georgia Ristivojevic 
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Tearful goodbye planned for beloved family
Community
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Bob Covey 
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A beloved family is saying goodbye to Jasper, and their friends are throwing a bittersweet going-away party. “There will be a lot of tears,” said orga...
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Jasper’s two gas stations are swamped, council hears
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Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative, Jasper Fitzhugh 
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Trafficcongestion is becoming a growing issue at the town’s two remaining gas stations, according to a letter sent to Jasper Municipal Council. Mayor ...
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Trail tech: The next generation
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Finding their bearings: How bears use habitat
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Dry grass crunched underfoot as the old grizzly searched for food. Her nostrils flared and her nose twitched as she tested her surroundings for anythi...
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Float on: Canada Day Parade gallery
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Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP
Arts & Culture
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Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor 
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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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Arts & Culture
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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
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Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor 
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Trail tech: The next generation
Biking
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