The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer

Arts and Culture

Bob Covey

Monday, September 19, 2022

The Jasper Folk Music Festival is back on track . After the Sept 9-10 festival was postponed by a town-wide power outage earlier this month , organizers are excited to announced that the Jasper Folk Music Festival (JFMF) will be taking the stage after all in Jasper’s Commemoration Park on October 1 ...

Business

Council requests budget details following criticism from Chamber

Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter

Monday, December 15, 2025

Council is sending its administrative team back to the drawing board on Jasper’s 2026 municipal budget. In asking for more information about the 2026 ...

Business

Council reduces tax requisition by $300,000 through cuts, using reserve

Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter

Friday, December 19, 2025

After weeks of deliberations and hearing multiple requests to reduce the tax burden, Jasper Municipal Council has passed its 2026 operational and capi...

Community

Sprucing-up simply with winter’s natural jewel tones

Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs & Jam

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Festive decorating that's fun and affordable It all started when it ended. Autumn’s rich jewel tones had faded, withered and dropped to the ground. Go...

Business

Building fire started by spontaneous combustion

Bob Covey

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

A downtown commercial building fire that was contained quickly after being reported offers important fire-safety lessons. Oily rags not being disposed...

Hiking and Climbing

Turning Eighty—La Fin Du Monde?

David Harrap, guest contributor

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

God, I was tired. And we still had to hike out. The author on a Mount Christie expedition in 2005, around the same time he celebrated his 60th year. /...

Environment

Muskrat love (Or: a rat by any other name…)

Mark Bradley

Friday, November 21, 2025

I Smell a Rat! Let’s get one thing out of the way right now – muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) are not rats. Muskrats and rats are both rodents, but musk...

Business

Council requests budget details following criticism from Chamber

Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter

Monday, December 15, 2025

Council is sending its administrative team back to the drawing board on Jasper’s 2026 municipal budget. In asking for more information about the 2026 ...

Business

Council reduces tax requisition by $300,000 through cuts, using reserve

Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter

Friday, December 19, 2025

After weeks of deliberations and hearing multiple requests to reduce the tax burden, Jasper Municipal Council has passed its 2026 operational and capi...

Business

Council reduces tax requisition by $300,000 through cuts, using reserve

Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter

Friday, December 19, 2025

After weeks of deliberations and hearing multiple requests to reduce the tax burden, Jasper Municipal Council has passed its 2026 operational and capi...

Business

Council requests budget details following criticism from Chamber

Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter

Monday, December 15, 2025

Council is sending its administrative team back to the drawing board on Jasper’s 2026 municipal budget. In asking for more information about the 2026 ...

Community

A Christmas Ode to Jasper’s Seniors

Friday, December 12, 2025

Our Seniors know their way around They’re the ones who built our town. Through their sweat, through their toil They planted roots in rocky soil. The s...

Community

Council briefs: electoral boundaries, housing corporation, skatepark naming

Peter Shokeir, freelancer reporter

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Jasper council is leaning toward supporting a proposed provincial electoral district that would have it join Banff and Canmore. On Tuesday (Dec. 9), c...

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