The Jasper SkyTram will be sold to Pursuit. Viad Corp, parent company of Pursuit Banff/Jasper Collection, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Jasper SkyTram from RMSI-JTAC Equipment Holdings LP, the Edmonton-based corporation that also owns Marmot Basin. Subject to Parks ...

Jasper National Park wildlife officials have increased the urgency of their bear management strategy after a family of grizzlies swam into another popular Maligne Lake campground last weekend. On June 16, nine days after sniffing around Coronet Creek campsite on the south end of Maligne Lake, three ...

Jasper National Park has reopened the Maligne Lake Road after avalanche control monitoring. The closure was lifted at 3 p.m. today (May 2). It began May 1 at 12 p.m. and was in place in the wake of 25 cm of snow that fell between Tuesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 2. The storm, which increased the ...

Parks Canada is reviewing its waste disposal practices after sparks from a burn pit at the Jasper Transfer Station ignited a wildfire earlier this week. On Monday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m. Parks Canada received a report of suspicious smoke emanating from approximately 10 km east of the Jaspe...

Dear Editor, Jasper National Park management has closed large parts of formerly prime backcountry ski terrain as part of a larger program to protect and restore caribou populations that have sharply declined over the past century. JNP offers the hypothesis that ski tracks facilitate wolf movements a...

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...

Ahead of the Jasper National Park 2024 Annual Public Forum , Parks Canada is launching a fruit tree replacement program . The announcement comes after the 2023 summer season wherein more than 400 bear-related incidents in the Jasper townsite were responded to by wildlife officials. The main cause, P...

Parks Canada is inviting Canadians to speak to the year that was, and the year that will be, in Jasper National Park. On March 12 and 13, Parks Canada staff will host the 2024 Jasper National Park Annual Public Forum—in-person, and on-line, respectively. The events provide an opportunity to speak di...

Recommendation helps local professionals meet Parks Canada's eligible residency requirements To an artist, there’s nothing like a blank slate. And last week, a cadre of local creatives got the official word that their collective canvas has been primed for painting. On January 18, Jasper-based cerami...

To: Alan Fehr Superintendent, Jasper National Park Dear Mr. Fehr, I read in the Jasper Local that you have again refused the offer of a fully funded bridge over Simon Creek on the Athabasca Pass Trail. Oneexplanation for the refusal was to "ensure that the ecological integrity of the area will be ma...