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Helicopter evacuates injured campers after wind-blown tree hits tent
Environment
Helicopter evacuates injured campers after wind-blown tree hits tent
Hikers lauding the utility of satellite communication devices in the backcountry
Bob Covey 
Monday, July 10, 2023
Four hikers are happy to be home after a wind storm knocked over several trees in their campsite in the Jasper National Park backcountry and injured two sleeping campers. On July 1, Jasperites Jeff Baker and Megan Posein, along with their hiking partners from Calgary (who asked that their names not ...
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Letter: Keep up the public pressure to make Jasper’s backcountry safe
Opinion
Letter: Keep up the public pressure to make Jasper’s backcountry safe
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Re: Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper's superintendent (May 5, 2023) Dear Editor, This is an excellent article in The Jasper Local. I am thrilled to see it. Thank you for writing and publishing it. I also was happy to see Tania Millen’s recent article ( A bridge too far: Neglect of bac...
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Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper’s superintendent
News
Fully funded bridge proposal rebuffed by Jasper’s superintendent
Bob Covey 
Friday, May 5, 2023
Jasper National Park Superintendent Alan Fehr has declined a private offer to rebuild a washed-out bridge at Simon Creek, a structure which would allow access to Athabasca Pass National Historic Site. Trevor Willson, a professional engineer and backcountry enthusiast based in Calgary, has designed a...
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A bridge too far: Neglect of backcountry trails severs Canadians’ connection to heritage
Environment
A bridge too far: Neglect of backcountry trails severs Canadians’ connection to heritage
Tania Millen 
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Hopping from rock to rock, our laden backpacks jostling uncomfortably, the trail finally disappeared in a backwater channel of Jasper National Park’s Whirlpool River.  We gave up trying to keep our feet dry and simply waded in. On the Athabasca Pass Trail in Jasper National Park. // Tania Millen Sud...
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Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Community
Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 8, 2025
Council conforms to all but one of administration's recommendations as ongoing wildfire recovery guides MOJ's 2026 budget A tied vote defeated a motio...
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Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming
Community
Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming
Peter Shokeir, freelancer reporter 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Jasper council is leaning toward supporting a proposed provincial electoral district that would have it join Banff and Canmore. On Tuesday (Dec. 9), c...
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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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Muskrat love (Or: a rat by any other name…)
Environment
Muskrat love (Or: a rat by any other name…)
Mark Bradley 
Friday, November 21, 2025
I Smell a Rat! Let’s get one thing out of the way right now – muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) are not rats. Muskrats and rats are both rodents, but musk...
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JRCC update: funding confirmed, rebuild progressing
Community
JRCC update: funding confirmed, rebuild progressing
Bob Covey 
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Positions created to facilitate Jasper’s recovery from the 2024 wildfire will be fully funded to the end of their respective terms. The announcement w...
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Council hears funding requests from 11 community groups
Arts & Culture
Council hears funding requests from 11 community groups
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Funding requests from community groups, arts organizations, business advocates, service centres, foundations and festivals went before Jasper Municipa...
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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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Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Community
Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 8, 2025
Council conforms to all but one of administration's recommendations as ongoing wildfire recovery guides MOJ's 2026 budget A tied vote defeated a motio...
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Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming
Community
Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming
Peter Shokeir, freelancer reporter 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Jasper council is leaning toward supporting a proposed provincial electoral district that would have it join Banff and Canmore. On Tuesday (Dec. 9), c...
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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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Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming
Community
Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming
Peter Shokeir, freelancer reporter 
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Jasper council is leaning toward supporting a proposed provincial electoral district that would have it join Banff and Canmore. On Tuesday (Dec. 9), c...
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Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Community
Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 8, 2025
Council conforms to all but one of administration's recommendations as ongoing wildfire recovery guides MOJ's 2026 budget A tied vote defeated a motio...
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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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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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