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Update on closed Miette Road expected in August

Damage occurred during June 19 snow storm

Bob Covey

Thursday, July 20, 2023

The Miette Road is still closed after significant damage sustained from a snowstorm one month ago. In a statement, a Parks Canada spokesperson said the agency is awaiting the results of tests to determine if and when the road can be opened. “If the report determines that a portion of the road can sa...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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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