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Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Community
Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company says. Jasperites may have noticed a bustle of activity in the Jasper Yard in recent months: sources close to the work, whose identities the Jasper Local ...
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Railroaders’ eligible residency discussed by council, CN
Community
Railroaders’ eligible residency discussed by council, CN
Bob Covey 
Monday, June 9, 2025
The fate of longterm Canadian National (CN) employees based in Jasper whose reporting terminal is being relocated is being discussed by local officials. And although CN has declined to comment on the matter, a report from Jasper’s Mayor to municipal council suggests railroaders may have some hope to...
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CN to relocate Jasper crew change terminal
Community
CN to relocate Jasper crew change terminal
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Company's decision will "gut the town," according to a union spokesperson CN is pulling out of Jasper. The railroad corporation will be closing its crew change facility in Jasper, the company has announced. The news was emailed to Jasper-based employees by Nicole James, Vice President of Transportat...
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Ewe can’t do that! CN crew gives train ride to injured bighorn sheep
News
Ewe can’t do that! CN crew gives train ride to injured bighorn sheep
Bob Covey 
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Parks Canada and Alberta Fish and Wildlife are reminding industry partners about the hazards of intervening in life-and-death situations involving wildlife. On March 11, Alberta Fish and Wildlife’s Hinton office received an atypical call from CN dispatchers after a bighorn sheep was injured on the r...
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Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Community
Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...
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Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Alberta Politics
Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 1, 2025
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 re...
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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
Arts & Culture
Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...
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Linking turns, climate art and community
Arts & Culture
Linking turns, climate art and community
Bob Covey 
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Nature may look chaotic, but it is, in fact, very well organized. So says artist Dee McLean. “We mess with it at our peril,” she says. A scientific il...
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We will remember them: Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Day ceremonies
Community
We will remember them: Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Day ceremonies
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Jasperites turned out in the hundreds to observe Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Jasper Activity Centre on November 11. Captain (retired) Greg Key f...
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CWD: A Zombie Deer apocalypse?
Environment
CWD: A Zombie Deer apocalypse?
Mark Bradley 
Sunday, November 9, 2025
Beware the ‘Fawn of the Dead’: a herd of skeletal, pock-marked deer limp menacingly towards their target, moaning, intent on a gory brain feast…grraaa...
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A century of outdoor skating in Jasper
Community
A century of outdoor skating in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor 
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Ice skating is physics. A narrow blade applying an exact pressure on the ice, enough to melt it quickly but briefly, lubricating the metal, allowing t...
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Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Community
Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...
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Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Alberta Politics
Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 1, 2025
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 re...
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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
Arts & Culture
Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...
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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
Arts & Culture
Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...
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Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Alberta Politics
Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 1, 2025
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 re...
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Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Community
Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones
Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs & Jam 
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Festive decorating that's fun and affordable It all started when it ended. Autumn’s rich jewel tones had faded, withered and dropped to the ground. Go...
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Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Business
Building fire started by spontaneous combustion
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A downtown commercial building fire that was contained quickly after being reported offers important fire-safety lessons. Oily rags not being disposed...
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