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Less politics, more painting: American artist honouring rugged Rockies residents
Arts & Culture
Less politics, more painting: American artist honouring rugged Rockies residents
Bob Covey 
Saturday, March 15, 2025
A Utah-based artist whose favourite subjects to paint are rugged, rough-hewn and rigorous, figures he’ll have plenty of inspiration in Jasper this weekend. Stewart Anstead is an acrylics painter who incorporates mixed media in his works to evoke nostalgia, and to explore human interaction with natur...
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Wendy Wacko: Heart of a Promoter
Arts and Culture
Wendy Wacko: Heart of a Promoter
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 19, 2022
With sale of Mountain Galleries, Jasper artist and filmmaker is reflecting on a life lived in art As a 10-year-old girl, Wendy Wacko never struggled with what she would do when she grew up. “I always knew I wanted to live a life in art,” she said. Some six decades later, the Jasper-based arts promot...
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Glacier exhibition braids science and art
Arts and Culture
Glacier exhibition braids science and art
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
“Everything’s connected—the oceans, the atmosphere, our glaciers, our rivers.” Bob Sandford Despite its name, Our Vanishing Glaciers , an exhibition about water security and climate change and which is currently showing at the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives (JYMA), is about hope. Our Vanishin...
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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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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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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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Jasper Park Lodge GM named Hotelier of the Year
Business
Jasper Park Lodge GM named Hotelier of the Year
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge is in the spotlight once again. The iconic property’s general manager, Garrett Turta, has been named the 2025 Hotelier of t...
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Tree donation for future Cabin Creek playground
Community
Tree donation for future Cabin Creek playground
Monday, November 3, 2025
Nespresso Canada donates trees to the MOJ to support rebuilding efforts. A leading coffee corporation is giving Jasper's rebuild a jolt. Last Friday (...
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Two Jasper wildfire reports analyze key factors in rapid spread
Environment
Two Jasper wildfire reports analyze key factors in rapid spread
Peter Shokeir, freelance contributor 
Friday, October 31, 2025
Two new reports shed light on how the 2024 Jasper wildfire spread so quickly. The reports, which were commissioned by Parks Canada, also reaffirm the ...
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Students march to support strike-busted teachers
Alberta Politics
Students march to support strike-busted teachers
Bob Covey 
Thursday, October 30, 2025
For the second time in a month that has seen only four school days, Jasper students walked out of school in support of their teachers. After taking st...
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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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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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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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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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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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