2025 Municipal Election

Alberta Politics

Jasper’s Mayor will run again in 2025

Bob Covey

Friday, August 15, 2025

Richard Ireland has indicated his intent to run for mayor in Jasper again. The only mayor that the community has ever known filed his notice of intent papers today, August 15, 2025. Reached at his home Friday afternoon, Ireland said he and his family came to the decision to offer his services to the...

Jasper Builds

Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home

Andrea Ziegler

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

A nervous Darren Thom was awake at 5am today (August 12, 2025), eagerly anticipating the arrival of his new home. Nearly three hours later, at 7:50am,...

Environment

Bearing down: Finding food in and out of the burn

Mark Bradley

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Even though the summer sun was sweltering, the mother grizzly kept up the search. Eventually, she poked her nose into the ground and started digging. ...

News

Jasper RCMP make stolen vehicle arrest

Monday, August 18, 2025

RCMP have charged a Jasper resident with possession of stolen property and dangerous driving. On August 17, Jasper RCMP received multiple reports of a...

Environment

Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC

Bob Covey

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Permitting is steadily moving forward in Jasper, according to the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC). At the August 5 regular council meeting,...

Environment

Mushroom harvesters charged

Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Two people who illegally harvested morel mushrooms in Jasper National Park have been charged with multiple offences. On May 28, 2025, Parks Canada law...

Hiking and Climbing

Japanese alpinists summit Mt Alberta on centennial climb

Bob Covey

Monday, August 4, 2025

At 4:20 p.m. on July 24, 2025—three days after the 100th year anniversary of its first ascent— two men who had been making their way up the steep, cru...

Arts & Culture

New Red Cross-sponsored mural to honour The Things That Grew

Bob Covey

Friday, August 1, 2025

The 2024 wildfire exacted a terrible toll on Jasper, but instead of focusing on what’s been lost, Jasper’s next mural will honour The Things That Grew...

Community

ReRooted: On commemoration of wildfire, Jasper’s mayor offers poetic leadership

Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

At about 10 p.m. last July 22, 2024, anxious Jasperites, stuck in gridlock only blocks away from their homes and illuminated by the headlights of thei...

Jasper Builds

Happy home coming: R4 District welcomes first replacement home

Andrea Ziegler

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

A nervous Darren Thom was awake at 5am today (August 12, 2025), eagerly anticipating the arrival of his new home. Nearly three hours later, at 7:50am,...

Environment

Bearing down: Finding food in and out of the burn

Mark Bradley

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Even though the summer sun was sweltering, the mother grizzly kept up the search. Eventually, she poked her nose into the ground and started digging. ...

News

Jasper RCMP make stolen vehicle arrest

Monday, August 18, 2025

RCMP have charged a Jasper resident with possession of stolen property and dangerous driving. On August 17, Jasper RCMP received multiple reports of a...

Environment

Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC

Bob Covey

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Permitting is steadily moving forward in Jasper, according to the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC). At the August 5 regular council meeting,...

News

Jasper RCMP make stolen vehicle arrest

Monday, August 18, 2025

RCMP have charged a Jasper resident with possession of stolen property and dangerous driving. On August 17, Jasper RCMP received multiple reports of a...

Community

Bet on Jasper: Reflections from the river

Georgia Ristivojevic

Friday, August 15, 2025

Were it not for a life-altering wager, longtime local and raft guide Andre Blanchette-Dube might not have been raised in Jasper. “My parents moved to ...

Environment

Bearing down: Finding food in and out of the burn

Mark Bradley

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Even though the summer sun was sweltering, the mother grizzly kept up the search. Eventually, she poked her nose into the ground and started digging. ...

Environment

Permitting progressing, despite complexities of rebuild: JRCC

Bob Covey

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Permitting is steadily moving forward in Jasper, according to the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC). At the August 5 regular council meeting,...

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