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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 months, the Municipality of Jasper is helping ensure those who resided in Jasper on July 22, 2024, and who intend to return to the community, have all ...
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Jasper’s Mayor will run again in 2025
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...
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Is Jasper Municipal Council distancing itself from decision-making?
Editorial
Is Jasper Municipal Council distancing itself from decision-making?
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 27, 2020
Did Jasper miss an opportunity to make its downtown better? Or at least safer? Now before you get all up in my grill, save your breath (and please wear a mask). I’ve heard the arguments against closing the 600 block of Patricia Street to vehicle traffic: Essential services like grocery stores and ph...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Arts & Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 8, 2025
The 2025 Jasper Folk Music Festival marched into town on Friday, September 5. The two day festival was a weekend of whimsy and well-deserved respite f...
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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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Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Alberta Politics
Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Te...
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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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Robson Valley Mushroom Festival to spore no detail
Arts & Culture
Robson Valley Mushroom Festival to spore no detail
Georgia Ristivojevic 
Friday, August 29, 2025
Make room for mushrooms this September 26-28 in B.C.’s fertile Robson Valley. The Robson Valley Mushroom Festival , spore-headed by longtime Jasperite...
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Tip to tip provincial bike ride for Search and Rescue
Biking
Tip to tip provincial bike ride for Search and Rescue
Bob Covey 
Thursday, August 28, 2025
A team of cyclists riding from Alberta’s southern border to where the province meets the Northwest Territories passed through Jasper on Tuesday, Augus...
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On the roof of the Rockies
Hiking and Climbing
On the roof of the Rockies
Cameron Jackson, freelance contributor 
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
A father and son’s five-year journey to summit mighty Mount Robson From a distance, Mount Robson looks like something painted onto the horizon. Mount ...
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Rebuttal: Hound-assisted black bear hunting not a reckless trophy pursuit
Guest Editorial
Rebuttal: Hound-assisted black bear hunting not a reckless trophy pursuit
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
The recent opinion piece published in The Jasper Local raises concerns about the ethics, effectiveness, and motivations behind Alberta’s decision to p...
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PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Arts & Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Faces of Folk Fest
Bob Covey 
Monday, September 8, 2025
The 2025 Jasper Folk Music Festival marched into town on Friday, September 5. The two day festival was a weekend of whimsy and well-deserved respite f...
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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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Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Alberta Politics
Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Te...
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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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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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Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Alberta Politics
Alberta teachers announce strike notice
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Teachers will walk off the job October 6 unless they can come to contract terms with the provincial government. On Wedensday, September 10, Alberta Te...
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“Meltdown” exhibitors hope art appreciation trickles into climate action
Arts & Culture
“Meltdown” exhibitors hope art appreciation trickles into climate action
Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative 
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Visitors to the Columbia Icefields have a new way to step into the world of glaciers. An interactive art installation featuring landscape photography,...
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