Dear Editor, How can the Liberal government under Mark Carney promote visitation to our national parks as a quintessential Canadian experience by providing free access one year and then the VERY NEXT YEAR cut their budget by $145 million?! And now nearly 3,000 employees have been issued 'affected' n...

208 Jasper Field Unit employees identified as affected as Parks Canada plans to cut about 500 full-time-equivalent positions nationally Nearly half of the employees working for Parks Canada’s Jasper Field Unit have been identified as affected by a federal workforce adjustment process that is expecte...

The federal government has announced an additional $520 million to support Jasper’s recovery from the devastating 2024 wildfire, marking what officials described as the largest single investment ever made in a Canadian national park community. The funding, announced Tuesday in Jasper by federal Fina...

Jasper has received $380 million in federal funding, primarily through Parks Canada, to support its recovery from the wildfire, according to a new report. The Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre’s Year 2 Progress Report, which was presented to municipal council during council's Tuesday (June 23) mee...

Canada’s newly-minted Prime Minister is announcing a mint for Jasper’s rebuild. Prime Minister Mark Carney today (Thursday, March 20, 2025) announced a $187 million investment to help repair and rebuild critical infrastructure in Jasper National Park. The funding, provided to Parks Canada over two y...

The federal government is funding a $3.9 million program to help Jasper’s small businesses rebound from last summer’s wildfire. This includes $3.45 million toward the Jasper Business Recovery Program, which will provide non-repayable funding for Jasper businesses. “This is going to offset lost reven...