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Jasper Community Team hires new ED, partnering with foundation
Community
Jasper Community Team hires new ED, partnering with foundation
Bob Covey 
Thursday, April 10, 2025
The Jasper Community Team Society has boosted its capacity to assist local residents. The trusted community organization, which has received more than $2.2 million in donations to support Jasper’s long-term recovery, is working with a partner organization in the Bow Valley to help support its operat...
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Tourism operators pledge $5.5 million for Jasper’s recovery
Business
Tourism operators pledge $5.5 million for Jasper’s recovery
Thursday, February 13, 2025
A group of tourism companies have collectively pledged more than $5.5 million to aid in Jasper’s wildfire recovery. Pursuit, the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, Rocky Mountaineer and Jasper Brewing Co, are coming together to help the community after last summer’s unprecedented wildfires. “This donation ...
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Deep pow, deeper meaning: SkiBig3 lifts up Jasper
Community
Deep pow, deeper meaning: SkiBig3 lifts up Jasper
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Ski resorts in the Bow Valley joined forces to boost the community of Jasper recently. From December 6 to 8, the SkiBig3 Community Ski Days gave Bow Valley locals the chance to tear up the slopes and also lift up their fellow resort community members.  Hosted on successive days by Banff Sunshine, Mt...
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Holiday cheer for displaced Jasperites
Community
Holiday cheer for displaced Jasperites
Friday, November 29, 2024
The Jasper Community Team Society and Santas Anonymous organizers are working hard to ensure community members have the opportunity to gather over the holidays—no matter where they are. “There are elves working in Calgary, Edmonton, Hinton and the Bow Valley to connect with Jasperites who’ve been di...
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Top notch nosh: Community Dinners a delicious tradition
Arts and Culture
Top notch nosh: Community Dinners a delicious tradition
Bob Covey 
Monday, February 27, 2023
More than 540 people lined up for a Sunday Community Dinner at the Jasper Activity Centre on February 26. Staff and volunteers with The Raven Bistro cooked and dished up Shwarma-seasoned pulled chicken and fire-roasted tomato chickpea stew on coconut jasmine rice, served with hummus, tzatziki, carro...
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Coldest Night fundraiser a chance to heat up conversation around homelessness
Community
Coldest Night fundraiser a chance to heat up conversation around homelessness
Bob Covey 
Thursday, February 9, 2023
In solidarity for people living with housing insecurity, advocates are asking their peers to walk with them during The Coldest Night Of the Year. The Coldest Night Of the Year (CNOY) fundraiser is making its Jasper debut. On February 25, in recognition of those who live in a precarious housing situa...
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ATA fires back at province as teacher strike looms
Alberta Politics
ATA fires back at province as teacher strike looms
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Teachers trying to reach a collective agreement before October 6 are calling out the provincial government’s complaint to the Alberta labour board as ...
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Alberta reimburses Valemount for Jasper Wildfire-incurred expenses
Community
Alberta reimburses Valemount for Jasper Wildfire-incurred expenses
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 15, 2025
After months of lobbying three different governments for reimbursed costs incurred while hosting Jasper wildfire evacuees, the Village of Valemount an...
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MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Local Government
MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Joel Baglole, guest contributor 
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Municipality of Jasper has received the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada’s (DRI Canada) Award of Excellence. The honours were bestowed on the mu...
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School board chair to pass the torch
Community
School board chair to pass the torch
Bob Covey 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Long-serving Jasper school trustee Dale Karpluk will not run for re-election in October. Karpluk, who was first elected in 2017 and who for the last f...
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In the mountains, STUFF happens
Hiking and Climbing
In the mountains, STUFF happens
David Harrap, guest contributor 
Friday, September 5, 2025
He passed us, not a care in the world as if he were strolling on a tropical beach. He wore running shoes and just a pair of shorts. It was hot, boilin...
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Election 2025: Voting tools for residents
Local Government
Election 2025: Voting tools for residents
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Residents displaced by the 2024 wildfire can still participate in this October’s municipal election. And with voting booths opening in less than two m...
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Green thumbs and jam
Community
Green thumbs and jam
Su Young-Leslie 
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
A gardener and a publisher walk into a Farmers’ Market I sow seeds in potting soil. When we were chatting at the market, Jasper Local publisher Andrea...
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Rebut the Rebuttal: Do Mark Hall’s criticisms ‘bear’ up to scrutiny?
Alberta Politics
Rebut the Rebuttal: Do Mark Hall’s criticisms ‘bear’ up to scrutiny?
Mark Bradley 
Monday, September 1, 2025
Mark Hall’s reaction to my article on the newly legalized practice of hunting bears with dogs started with the statement that it ‘relies on emotional ...
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ATA fires back at province as teacher strike looms
Alberta Politics
ATA fires back at province as teacher strike looms
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Teachers trying to reach a collective agreement before October 6 are calling out the provincial government’s complaint to the Alberta labour board as ...
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Alberta reimburses Valemount for Jasper Wildfire-incurred expenses
Community
Alberta reimburses Valemount for Jasper Wildfire-incurred expenses
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 15, 2025
After months of lobbying three different governments for reimbursed costs incurred while hosting Jasper wildfire evacuees, the Village of Valemount an...
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MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Local Government
MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Joel Baglole, guest contributor 
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Municipality of Jasper has received the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada’s (DRI Canada) Award of Excellence. The honours were bestowed on the mu...
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School board chair to pass the torch
Community
School board chair to pass the torch
Bob Covey 
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Long-serving Jasper school trustee Dale Karpluk will not run for re-election in October. Karpluk, who was first elected in 2017 and who for the last f...
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ATA fires back at province as teacher strike looms
Alberta Politics
ATA fires back at province as teacher strike looms
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Teachers trying to reach a collective agreement before October 6 are calling out the provincial government’s complaint to the Alberta labour board as ...
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Alberta reimburses Valemount for Jasper Wildfire-incurred expenses
Community
Alberta reimburses Valemount for Jasper Wildfire-incurred expenses
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 15, 2025
After months of lobbying three different governments for reimbursed costs incurred while hosting Jasper wildfire evacuees, the Village of Valemount an...
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The garden’s gentle giants: Caring for and cooking with zucchini
Community
The garden’s gentle giants: Caring for and cooking with zucchini
Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs and Jam 
Monday, September 15, 2025
Zucchini, that Zeppelin wanna-be in your garden, can be utilized in a rich range of recipes I’ve spent some time in Rossland, B.C. After gold was disc...
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MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Local Government
MOJ receives disaster recovery award
Joel Baglole, guest contributor 
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Municipality of Jasper has received the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada’s (DRI Canada) Award of Excellence. The honours were bestowed on the mu...
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