Two retired Jasper educators were braving the cold in the name of Alberta’s public school system this past weekend. On Sunday, former principal and recently-retired school board trustee, Dale Karpluk, stood alongside retired language arts and social studies teacher, Sandy Cox, outside of the Jasper ...

For the second time in a month that has seen only four school days, Jasper students walked out of school in support of their teachers. After taking strike action on October 6, yesterday approximately 51,000 educators were forced back to work by the Alberta Government . Jasper students rallying for e...

Alberta Government invokes Notwithstanding Clause to impose a collective contract and shield it from court challenges for the duration of the four-year term The Alberta government has overridden the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is forcing Alberta teachers back to work on Wednesday (Oc...

Pundits suggest strike action would be warranted, but risky The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) has reached a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the provincial government’s bargaining committee. The union will present the tentative agreement to its 51,000 public, Catholic and francophone school ...

Jasper Jr/Sr High School is within the top 13th percentile of Alberta secondary schools in terms of academic performance, according to a recent report. The Fraser Institute’s Report Card of Alberta High Schools 2025 ranked JJSHS 38th out of 293 high schools in the province. The report came out Septe...

Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Teachers Association (ATA) president Jason Schilling said 51,000 full and part-time teachers will take strike action if a deal isn’t reached between the...

On heels of Education Minister’s visit, one Jasper school board will pilot, one won’t Conseil scolaireCentre-Nord , the school board that Jasper’s École Desrochers belongs to, will pilot parts of the Alberta government’s draft K-6 curriculum next school year. Tanya Saumure, chair of the board of sch...

You know that dream where you’re sitting in your old high school classroom and you’ve got a test in front of you but you haven’t studied and you don’t remember seeing any of the course material before and the test is actually in hieroglyphics and—oh no—you’re not wearing any pants? I hate that dream...