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On the roof of the Rockies
Hiking and Climbing
On the roof of the Rockies
Cameron Jackson, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
A father and son’s five-year journey to summit mighty Mount Robson From a distance, Mount Robson looks like something painted onto the horizon. Mount Robson looms large from the Yellowhead Highway. // Creative Commons Its glaciated ridges and sheer cliffs dwarf everything around it. At 3,954 metres,...
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Jasper Freeride Club hosting Try It program
News
Jasper Freeride Club hosting Try It program
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Calling all local youth with aspirations to free-ski or snowboard…The Jasper Freeride Club wants to ride with you! Jasper Freeride Club members have the chance to ski at different club competitions in Alberta. // Supplied This weekend (March 22 and 23) and again on April 12-13, Jasper Freeride is ex...
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Winter weekend wrap: Jasper youth soar on snow and ice
News
Winter weekend wrap: Jasper youth soar on snow and ice
Lucas Habib 
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Jasper’s youth were all over the ice and the slopes last weekend (March 1-2), putting pucks in nets and picking up cowbells. Let’s start with the Jasper Junior Olympics . The annual race at Marmot Basin is one of the largest youth ski races in North America, featuring 350 athletes from 5 to 11-years...
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Ski racing brothers competing on world stage while JJOs return to Jasper
Community
Ski racing brothers competing on world stage while JJOs return to Jasper
Jesse Lent, guest contributor 
Saturday, March 1, 2025
More than 400 athletes from Alberta alpine ski teams are in town as the Jasper Junior Olympics (JJOs) return to Marmot Basin . Meanwhile, Jasper’s fastest brothers are carving up Europe.  The sounds of cowbells and cheers will echo through the Rocky Mountains as young racers—U12 and U10 skiers on Dr...
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“The pinnacle of ski mountaineering in Canada” Historic descent on Mount Robson
News
“The pinnacle of ski mountaineering in Canada” Historic descent on Mount Robson
Abigail Popple, Local Journalism Initiative, Robson Valley Goat Newspaper 
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
A British Columbia athlete has skied from the summit of the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies. On February 16, Christina Lustenberger and ski mountaineer partner Guillaume Pierrel skied an impossibly steep line through the mind-bending cliffs of the Canadian alpha mountain, Mount Robson. The duo'...
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Bike, ski, snowshoe, skate and run: Winter Pentathlon = fun x 5
Community
Bike, ski, snowshoe, skate and run: Winter Pentathlon = fun x 5
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Jasper Winter Pentathlon is a made-in-Jasper event which brings together much of what makes the community great: diverse culture, outdoor recreation, connection to nature and community spirit. Teams of up to five participants compete for fastest time, and fittest costume, at the ACFA Jasper Wint...
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Deep pow, deeper meaning: SkiBig3 lifts up Jasper
Community
Deep pow, deeper meaning: SkiBig3 lifts up Jasper
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Ski resorts in the Bow Valley joined forces to boost the community of Jasper recently. From December 6 to 8, the SkiBig3 Community Ski Days gave Bow Valley locals the chance to tear up the slopes and also lift up their fellow resort community members.  Hosted on successive days by Banff Sunshine, Mt...
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Local skier’s bumpy road leads to new views
Community
Local skier’s bumpy road leads to new views
Bob Covey 
Thursday, November 21, 2024
As a freestyle moguls skier, Gage LeBlanc is used to ups and downs. After all, his is a sport in which athletes navigate 160 knee-high bumps of solid snow and ice, then launch off of two huge jumps—spinning, flipping and twisting through the air to gain points. But for the last two years, for Gage, ...
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Jasper sledder dug out of avalanche
Education
Jasper sledder dug out of avalanche
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
“In a split second, everything can change” A Jasperite who was buried in an avalanche while snowmobiling in British Columbia is reminding other backcountry users how quickly things can go from good to bad in avalanche terrain. Alison Mason has been snowmobiling—sledding, in Valemount parlance—for fo...
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A painful lesson in backcountry safety
Education
A painful lesson in backcountry safety
Bob Covey 
Monday, March 4, 2024
A painful slog out of Jasper’s backcountry has taught a party of skiers a lesson in being prepared for safe adventuring. Jasper’s John Ward has skied many a mile over many a mountain pass—and made most of his tracks and turns without incident. “I’ve never required any assistance,” Ward said. John Wa...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Arts & Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 8, 2025
The 2025 Jasper Folk Music Festival marched into town on Friday, September 5. The two day festival was a weekend of whimsy and well-deserved respite f...
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MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Local Government
MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Joel Baglole, guest contributor 
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Municipality of Jasper has received the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada’s (DRI Canada) Award of Excellence. The honours were bestowed on the mu...
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Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Alberta Politics
Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Te...
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School board chair to pass the torch
Community
School board chair to pass the torch
Bob Covey 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Long-serving Jasper school trustee Dale Karpluk will not run for re-election in October. Karpluk, who was first elected in 2017 and who for the last f...
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Rebut the Rebuttal: Do Mark Hall’s criticisms ‘bear’ up to scrutiny?
Alberta Politics
Rebut the Rebuttal: Do Mark Hall’s criticisms ‘bear’ up to scrutiny?
Mark Bradley 
Monday, September 1, 2025
Mark Hall’s reaction to my article on the newly legalized practice of hunting bears with dogs started with the statement that it ‘relies on emotional ...
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Robson Valley Mushroom Festival to spore no detail
Arts & Culture
Robson Valley Mushroom Festival to spore no detail
Georgia Ristivojevic 
Friday, August 29, 2025
Make room for mushrooms this September 26-28 in B.C.’s fertile Robson Valley. The Robson Valley Mushroom Festival , spore-headed by longtime Jasperite...
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Tip to tip provincial bike ride for Search and Rescue
Biking
Tip to tip provincial bike ride for Search and Rescue
Bob Covey 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
A team of cyclists riding from Alberta’s southern border to where the province meets the Northwest Territories passed through Jasper on Tuesday, Augus...
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Rebuttal: Hound-assisted black bear hunting not a reckless trophy pursuit
Guest Editorial
Rebuttal: Hound-assisted black bear hunting not a reckless trophy pursuit
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
The recent opinion piece published in The Jasper Local raises concerns about the ethics, effectiveness, and motivations behind Alberta’s decision to p...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Arts & Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 8, 2025
The 2025 Jasper Folk Music Festival marched into town on Friday, September 5. The two day festival was a weekend of whimsy and well-deserved respite f...
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MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Local Government
MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Joel Baglole, guest contributor 
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Municipality of Jasper has received the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada’s (DRI Canada) Award of Excellence. The honours were bestowed on the mu...
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Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Alberta Politics
Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Te...
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School board chair to pass the torch
Community
School board chair to pass the torch
Bob Covey 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Long-serving Jasper school trustee Dale Karpluk will not run for re-election in October. Karpluk, who was first elected in 2017 and who for the last f...
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MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Local Government
MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Joel Baglole, guest contributor 
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Municipality of Jasper has received the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada’s (DRI Canada) Award of Excellence. The honours were bestowed on the mu...
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School board chair to pass the torch
Community
School board chair to pass the torch
Bob Covey 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Long-serving Jasper school trustee Dale Karpluk will not run for re-election in October. Karpluk, who was first elected in 2017 and who for the last f...
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Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Alberta Politics
Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Te...
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“Meltdown” exhibitors hope art appreciation trickles into climate action
Arts & Culture
“Meltdown” exhibitors hope art appreciation trickles into climate action
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Visitors to the Columbia Icefields have a new way to step into the world of glaciers. An interactive art installation featuring landscape photography,...
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