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Wildfires burn closer to Jasper townsite; break in weather on horizon
News
Wildfires burn closer to Jasper townsite; break in weather on horizon
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Wildfire personnel continue to fight two aggressive fires burning near the Jasper townsite. High winds and continued hot, dry weather in the last 24 hours have pushed a 10,000 hectare wildfire burning south of the Jasper townsite closer to town but fire specialists are hopeful a turn in the weather ...
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Letter: Thumbs down for paid parking infrastructure
Letters
Letter: Thumbs down for paid parking infrastructure
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
As I just arrived today for my two-day stay here I'd be happy to pay for parking, IF I could pay. The self-pay machine does not work, and I refuse to enter any credit card or other financial info and appsinto my cellphone. That leaves me completely unable to pay parking. I left a note on my motorcyc...
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Jasper charges forward with transit facility
Community
Jasper charges forward with transit facility
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Request for Proposals will cost out e-bus ownership Jasper Transit is being propelled forward on the road to zero emissions. At their June 18 regular council meeting , municipal councillors narrowly passed a motion to build a $3.2 million transit fleet facility. At the same meeting, councillors auth...
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Town to create new director position
Local Government
Town to create new director position
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Director of Urban Design and Standards position will provide expertise and support for development matters The Municipality of Jasper is creating a new director position to help guide its planning and development challenges into the future. A recommendation to create a new full-time permanent Direct...
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Forget Bachelor drama, tune in to Transit talk!
Community
Forget Bachelor drama, tune in to Transit talk!
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
All of Jasper may have tuned into ABC’s The Bachelor Monday night, but I’m saving my screen time for an even juicier watch party. Even though I am DYING to see if true love blossoms in the Canadian Rockies and whether or not Bachelor Joey Graziadei’s polar plunge in Lac Beauvert will shrivel his cha...
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Plastics what you preach: Breaking down recycling in Jasper
Community
Plastics what you preach: Breaking down recycling in Jasper
Bob Covey 
Saturday, January 13, 2024
In the wake of the Christmas holidays, Jasper’s residential recycling depots are full-to-bursting with plastic packaging, flattened cardboard boxes and licked-clean cranberry sauce cans.  Unfortunately, in harmony with the bloated waste streams, a quick peek at local social media platforms shows tha...
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First Community Dinner of 2024 in the bag…and the belly
Community
First Community Dinner of 2024 in the bag…and the belly
Bob Covey 
Sunday, January 7, 2024
More than 430 people lined up for Sunday Community Dinner on January 7. Volunteers with Coco’s Café and Catering and the Jasper Pride Society cooked and dished up Mujaddara chicken coconut curry, basmati rice, cucumber salad and naan bread. Dessert was mango and vanilla ice cream.  The Community Din...
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Letter: If it drives the route of a school bus, and transports students like a school bus…
Community
Letter: If it drives the route of a school bus, and transports students like a school bus…
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Dear Editor, This year, our school children are riding a white bus that is not following provincially legislated school bus rules, because it is, according to the Municipality of Jasper, a public transit bus providing select ridership for a special school route. This new town school route and servic...
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Budget 2024: Councillors considering double digit percent increase to tax requisition
Business
Budget 2024: Councillors considering double digit percent increase to tax requisition
Bob Covey 
Friday, November 24, 2023
Administration requesting five new staff positions; utility rate plan paying off; paid parking generated $1M in 2023 Jasper councillors recommended supporting most of the proposed 2024 municipal budget that town administrators presented to them on Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov 21 and 22). The $36.4 mil...
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Details from bid scores shed light on Jasper Transit RFP
Business
Details from bid scores shed light on Jasper Transit RFP
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
New details about the awarding of the Jasper Transit contract call into question information circulated in a widely-shared social media post by a local transportation company. The post, “An open letter to the Jasper community,” shared on SunDog’s Tour and Transportation Co.’s Facebook page , has mor...
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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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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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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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