Mountain Air stands as one of Jasper’s most unique, well-established shopping locations. Having celebrated the store’s 40th anniversary recently, the shop also serves as a long-standing archetype—an OG, if you will—of Jasper retail. With their anniversary date in the bag, owner Karen Jacobs has take...

Parks Canada is planning to close the Icefields Parkway on April 14 (Friday) at 12 p.m. Warm temperatures will precipitate higher avalanche hazards in Jasper and Banff National Parks. To mitigate danger to the travelling public, Parks Canada will conduct avalanche control work tomorrow afternoon. “A...

Parkway closures to start at 3 p.m., April 9 The Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) and the Maligne Lake Road are anticipated to close tomorrow (Sunday, April 9) afternoon, Parks Canada is advising. Jasper National Park forecasters are expecting a spring storm to hit Jasper and Banff. The storm will affect...

Problems that confounded Parks Canada’s online campground reservation service in years past appear to be in the rear view mirror. Meanwhile, occupancy rates in Jasper’s hotel sector have rebounded from the pandemic.  Issues which plagued Parks Canada’s online campground reservation system were resol...

Parks Canada is seeking input on how land use planning and development services are delivered in Jasper.  On March 16, in two separate in-person sessions, Parks Canada representatives will invite input from Canadians, including Jasper residents, on sharing responsibility with the Municipality of Jas...

Parks Canada will not close the Icefields Parkway today as planned. The Maligne Lake Road is also open. Snowfall levels from the winter storm forecasted to hit Jasper National Park starting February 12, 2023, were not as significant as expected, Parks Canada says. Still, the agency is advising motor...

Bulging pipes at the Jasper Fitness and Aquatic Centre is typically a feature, not a bug. However, on December 23, the main sprinkler line in the facility’s ceiling burst after temperatures in Jasper dipped to minus-40 degrees Celsius over the course of several days. Frozen water caused the pipe to ...

Entering the Jasper Pet Outpost, the building replies enthusiastically. As the door opens, customers are met with a cacophony of excited barking, and soon after, by the business’s equally-welcoming owners. Paula Young and Don Schroll’s hands-on approach to pet care is immediately visible; they’re of...

With sale of Mountain Galleries, Jasper artist and filmmaker is reflecting on a life lived in art As a 10-year-old girl, Wendy Wacko never struggled with what she would do when she grew up. “I always knew I wanted to live a life in art,” she said. Some six decades later, the Jasper-based arts promot...

The Jasper National Park realty and development office has issued development permits for a large scale apartment complex on Connaught Drive. “Parks Canada has issued development permitsfor construction oftwo 72-unitrental apartment buildingsat 801 Connaught Driveand 821 Connaught Drive(formerly kno...