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Jasper’s dark side on display
Arts & Culture
Jasper’s dark side on display
Amir Said, freelance contributor 
Monday, October 27, 2025
Halloween brings haunted happenings to Jasper with ghost tours, spooky celebrations Bears and elk won’t be the only creatures roaming Jasper National Park this Hallo-weekend. Creatures Return is a first-of-its-kind Halloween experience in Jasper, offering guests a taste of the supernatural Oct. 31 t...
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Talking nerdy: Festival host Niki Wilson’s Dark Sky dark horses
Arts & Culture
Talking nerdy: Festival host Niki Wilson’s Dark Sky dark horses
Bob Covey 
Monday, October 16, 2023
The Dark Sky Festival is 13 years old in 2023—young in astronomical terms, sure, but as far as science festivals go, that’s light years of hard work. Jasper’s Niki Wilson has been with the event since it was just a nebula. As the Dark Sky Festival’s science content advisor and festival host, she hel...
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The Stars come out
Arts and Culture
The Stars come out
Bob Covey 
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Training our focus on four Dark Sky Festival luminaries The Dark Sky Festival is nine years old in 2019—not much in astronomical terms, sure, but as far as science festivals go, that’s light years of hard work. Jasper’s Niki Wilson has been with the event since it was just a nebula. As the Dark Sky ...
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Council briefs: Off-site levies, tax policy engagement
Jasper Builds
Council briefs: Off-site levies, tax policy engagement
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Friday, February 13, 2026
Council will seek feedback before increasing off-site levies to cover the cost that net new development puts on municipal infrastructure. Town planner...
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Rotary Club to release more relief funding
Community
Rotary Club to release more relief funding
Friday, February 13, 2026
Rotarians are making available a second round of fire relief funding for local Jasper-area organizations. The Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundati...
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A Love Story : How Geography Triumphed
Local Literature
A Love Story : How Geography Triumphed
Anonymous — A Jasper Resident 
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Gold is trading below $35 an ounce; the Dow has sunk to 631; and just the year before, men have for the first time, walked on the moon. And now here i...
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Air quality monitoring continuing in Jasper under new management
Community
Air quality monitoring continuing in Jasper under new management
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Monday, February 9, 2026
To help provide peace of mind for a recovering community, the West Central Airshed Society (WCAS) has taken up long-term air monitoring for Jasper. Th...
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Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
Community
Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Monday, February 2, 2026
Naked Olympians. Do we have your attention yet? The tradition of the Ancient Olympics, begun in 776 BCE, and maintained for a 1,000-year run, was that...
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Transit talk: Council navigates charged discussion
Community
Transit talk: Council navigates charged discussion
Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter 
Friday, January 30, 2026
"Very misleading" Councillor criticizes how transit finances presented; other councillors clap back Jasper Municipal Councillor Laurie Rodger argued t...
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Help bring Vrato home: Jasperites organizing to help fractured friend
Community
Help bring Vrato home: Jasperites organizing to help fractured friend
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
A former Jasperite is in a desperate situation after a devastating accident while abroad. While ice climbing in Colorado recently, Vratislav “Vrato” D...
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Jasper Artists Guild puts No Limits on BUZZFest 2026
Arts & Culture
Jasper Artists Guild puts No Limits on BUZZFest 2026
Photos by Sergio Rodriguez 
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The opening gala of another buzz-worthy exhibition from the Jasper Artists Guild attracted dozens of art lovers, creatives and immaculately-dressed Ja...
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Council briefs: Off-site levies, tax policy engagement
Jasper Builds
Council briefs: Off-site levies, tax policy engagement
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Friday, February 13, 2026
Council will seek feedback before increasing off-site levies to cover the cost that net new development puts on municipal infrastructure. Town planner...
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Rotary Club to release more relief funding
Community
Rotary Club to release more relief funding
Friday, February 13, 2026
Rotarians are making available a second round of fire relief funding for local Jasper-area organizations. The Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundati...
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A Love Story : How Geography Triumphed
Local Literature
A Love Story : How Geography Triumphed
Anonymous — A Jasper Resident 
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Gold is trading below $35 an ounce; the Dow has sunk to 631; and just the year before, men have for the first time, walked on the moon. And now here i...
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Air quality monitoring continuing in Jasper under new management
Community
Air quality monitoring continuing in Jasper under new management
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Monday, February 9, 2026
To help provide peace of mind for a recovering community, the West Central Airshed Society (WCAS) has taken up long-term air monitoring for Jasper. Th...
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A Love Story : How Geography Triumphed
Local Literature
A Love Story : How Geography Triumphed
Anonymous — A Jasper Resident 
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Gold is trading below $35 an ounce; the Dow has sunk to 631; and just the year before, men have for the first time, walked on the moon. And now here i...
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Council briefs: Off-site levies, tax policy engagement
Jasper Builds
Council briefs: Off-site levies, tax policy engagement
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Friday, February 13, 2026
Council will seek feedback before increasing off-site levies to cover the cost that net new development puts on municipal infrastructure. Town planner...
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Rotary Club to release more relief funding
Community
Rotary Club to release more relief funding
Friday, February 13, 2026
Rotarians are making available a second round of fire relief funding for local Jasper-area organizations. The Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundati...
this is a test
Air quality monitoring continuing in Jasper under new management
Community
Air quality monitoring continuing in Jasper under new management
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 
Monday, February 9, 2026
To help provide peace of mind for a recovering community, the West Central Airshed Society (WCAS) has taken up long-term air monitoring for Jasper. Th...
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