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Wacky, but worth it: Puck drops on 2023 hockey season
Community
Wacky, but worth it: Puck drops on 2023 hockey season
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Major renovations at the Jasper Arena are starting to take shape and the same can be said for the hockey season in Jasper. On October 3, ice users representing Jasper’s various hockey teams in the community were given an update on how the Municipality of Jasper’s $20 million upgrades to the Jasper A...
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Provincial tournament a tough test for junior golfers
Community
Provincial tournament a tough test for junior golfers
Bob Covey 
Monday, October 2, 2023
Four dudes, 1,200 kilometres, two golf courses, 6,450 yards and 506 strokes. Those were the numbers for the representatives from Jasper Jr./Sr. High School at the Alberta Schools Athletic Association’s (ASAA) 2023 Provincial Golf Tournament. Four dudes: Drew Kovacs, Casey Peel, Lincoln Radloff and A...
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Slow Pitch, fast friends
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Slow Pitch, fast friends
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Jasper's Slow Pitch League crowned its champions on August 20 after a fantastic final series of games to close out the baseball season. The A-Finals championship game saw the Fit-Mitts edge out the Gangsters in a contest that came down to the last pitch. The B-Finals winners were the Bonestars and t...
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Smashing Mount Stupid
Community
Smashing Mount Stupid
John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor 
Friday, August 25, 2023
The Dunning-Kruger effect is that sensation among overconfident newcomers that they have incredible natural abilities, mere moments after learning a new skill. That inflated confidence has been termed “Mount Stupid” that is quickly followed by the “Valley of Despair” once reality makes an appearance...
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All trails lead home: Mountain biker in midst of another winning season
Biking
All trails lead home: Mountain biker in midst of another winning season
Bob Covey 
Thursday, August 10, 2023
For all the routes he’s ridden, for all the countries he’s cycled and for all the trails he’s traversed, for Cory Wallace, when it comes to mountain bike training, there’s still no place like home. But before residents of Jasper, AB and citizens of McBride, B.C., puff up too big with pride, Wallace—...
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Renovation disruption: Normal arena operations to be iced in 2023/24
Community
Renovation disruption: Normal arena operations to be iced in 2023/24
No dressing rooms during construction means no tournaments 
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Service disruptions at the Jasper Activity Centre and the Jasper Arena will impact access to the building, limit use of the facility and put the squeeze on local businesses this winter. Jasper Municipal Council heard yesterday (July 11) that the next phase of the Jasper Activity Centre Renovation Pr...
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Mountain GOATS: Jasper soccer stars bring home Alberta gold
Community
Mountain GOATS: Jasper soccer stars bring home Alberta gold
U-13 boys go undefeated at Provincial tournament
Lucas Habib, sports reporter 
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Early July 7, after having won their regional league, Jasper’s U13 boys’ soccer team pulled out of town to head to the rural provincial championships. They left the mountains and foothills behind, passed through cities and towns, and drove by canola fields and giant perogies before the team and thei...
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Provincial stage set for Jasper’s U-13 soccer stars
Sports
Provincial stage set for Jasper’s U-13 soccer stars
After a near undefeated season, Jasper heads to Cold Lake for AB championships
Lucas Habib, sports reporter 
Thursday, July 6, 2023
In Jasper, the soccer season is short and intense. It’s a tiny two-month blip between the seemingly interminable hockey season and the madness of summer vacation. But it’s a season that many of the players look forward to all year—if you’ve ever walked by the schoolyard at lunch hour in the winter, ...
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Everesting Roam challenger gets timely tow from local legend
Biking
Everesting Roam challenger gets timely tow from local legend
Bob Covey 
Thursday, June 8, 2023
On a day when hundreds of cyclists with the Jasper Gran Fondo were racing all over Jasper National Park’s blacktop, one lone rider was racking up kilometres with a different mountain in mind. Dean Anderson had no racer’s pinny. He wasn’t part of any peloton. And there was no participation medal for ...
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Perfect pitch: Jasper golfer an ambassador for women and deaf athletes
News
Perfect pitch: Jasper golfer an ambassador for women and deaf athletes
Women’s Golf Day at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club is June 6
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Dressed in Sunday red, balanced perfectly on her follow-through and watching her golf ball arc above a stand of aspens on the hardest ranked hole at Stanley Thompson’s Jasper Park Lodge Golf Club, 27-year-old Lydia Ingman is in her element. From dead centre of the pinched fairway on “Tekarra’s Cut,”...
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The dukes of hazard trees
Environment
The dukes of hazard trees
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 7, 2025
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it: With a light-on-the-land touch, specialized arborists are cleaning up Jasper’s burn debris It’s a widely-...
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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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Pitch perfect: Jasper U15 Football Club provincial champs
News
Pitch perfect: Jasper U15 Football Club provincial champs
Lucas Habib 
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Jasper soccer players have once again brought home a provincial soccer championship. Jaifred Mota was the first one to rush keeper Kieran Rudge after ...
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Golf’s golden years at Jasper Park
Jasper History
Golf’s golden years at Jasper Park
John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor 
Monday, June 23, 2025
100 years ago, the Jasper Park Golf Club teed up its first round of the Royal and Ancient Game In 1457, King James II of England banned golf in Scotla...
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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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The dukes of hazard trees
Environment
The dukes of hazard trees
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 7, 2025
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it: With a light-on-the-land touch, specialized arborists are cleaning up Jasper’s burn debris It’s a widely-...
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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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Pitch perfect: Jasper U15 Football Club provincial champs
News
Pitch perfect: Jasper U15 Football Club provincial champs
Lucas Habib 
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Jasper soccer players have once again brought home a provincial soccer championship. Jaifred Mota was the first one to rush keeper Kieran Rudge after ...
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Pitch perfect: Jasper U15 Football Club provincial champs
News
Pitch perfect: Jasper U15 Football Club provincial champs
Lucas Habib 
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Jasper soccer players have once again brought home a provincial soccer championship. Jaifred Mota was the first one to rush keeper Kieran Rudge after ...
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The dukes of hazard trees
Environment
The dukes of hazard trees
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 7, 2025
When normal forestry practices don’t cut it: With a light-on-the-land touch, specialized arborists are cleaning up Jasper’s burn debris It’s a widely-...
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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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