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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready Centre. The Anglican Church at the corner of Miette Ave and Geikie St was a cultural institution in Jasper that hosted many theatrical productions since it was first erected in 1929. // Bob Covey The McCready Centre was home to countless fairs, mark...

Community

Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN

Bob Covey

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...

Alberta Politics

Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper

Bob Covey

Monday, December 1, 2025

Two retired Jasper educators were braving the cold in the name of Alberta’s public school system this past weekend. On Sunday, former principal and re...

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...

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...

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...

Arts & Culture

A celestial celebration: Jasper Dark Sky Festival returns for 15th year

Amir Said

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Festival will feature astronomy experts, space-themed experiences and signature events that highlight Jasper's exceptional stargazing opportunities Ja...

Guest Editorial

On Borrowed Roads: Rediscovering Jasper

Troy Nahumko

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

"Returning to Jasper this summer, I found myself rerooting, as an Albertan who spent most of my adult life abroad." The palette beyond our engine was ...

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...

Environment

Walking Through Fire: The Land

Kirsten Schmitten

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Part 3: Seeing the forest floor through the trees In Part 1 of our Walking Through Fire series , we discussed how post-fire vegetation bounces back. ...

Environment

Bearing down: Finding food in and out of the burn

Mark Bradley

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Even though the summer sun was sweltering, the mother grizzly kept up the search. Eventually, she poked her nose into the ground and started digging. ...

Environment

Walking Through Fire: Wildlife

Kirsten Schmitten

Friday, July 4, 2025

Part 2: Home is where the hearth is In Part 1 of our Walking Through Fire series , we discussed how post-fire vegetation bounces back. But what about ...

Environment

CWD: A Zombie Deer apocalypse?

Mark Bradley

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Beware the ‘Fawn of the Dead’: a herd of skeletal, pock-marked deer limp menacingly towards their target, moaning, intent on a gory brain feast…grraaa...

Environment

New calves mark caribou breeding centre’s progress

Peter Shokeir, freelance contributor

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Seven caribou calves born in first year of breeding program The Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre has begun achieving tangible results with the bir...

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 ...

Arts & Culture

Embers doc glows with compassionate, urgent storytelling

Bob Covey

Monday, October 20, 2025

“We’re all one day away from a life we don’t recognize.” An intimate story about grief and the healing power of art following the devastating 2024 Jas...

Community

Give frost the heave: Making the most out of harvest time

Su Young-Leslie, Green Thumbs and Jam

Thursday, October 2, 2025

“Break out the burlap and bed sheets, it’s rodeo weekend.” No, we weren’t hosting barrel racers, my guy's annual giddy-up referred to the sudden, bri...

Arts & Culture

“Meltdown” exhibitors hope art appreciation trickles into climate action

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Visitors to the Columbia Icefields have a new way to step into the world of glaciers. An interactive art installation featuring landscape photography,...

Arts & Culture

Le cirque comes to town

Saturday, August 9, 2025

A week of theatre games hosted by a duo from Edmonton culminated in a Friday afternoon circus performance for the ages (and for all ages). From August...

Arts & Culture

Aussie folk artist topping live music event at JPP

Sophie Pfisterer, freelance contributor

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

One of Jasper’s most popular restaurants will soon be dishing up live music and good vibes. On July 4 at 8:30 p.m., Jasper Pizza Place will host a roo...

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...

Community

A century of outdoor skating in Jasper

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Ice skating is physics. A narrow blade applying an exact pressure on the ice, enough to melt it quickly but briefly, lubricating the metal, allowing t...

Community

WAHKOTOWIN: Nature’s law

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Jasperites came together with members of the Kelly Lake Cree Nation on Tuesday, September 30. National Truth and Reconciliation Day recognizes the atr...

Hiking and Climbing

Japanese alpinists summit Mt Alberta on centennial climb

Bob Covey

Monday, August 4, 2025

At 4:20 p.m. on July 24, 2025—three days after the 100th year anniversary of its first ascent— two men who had been making their way up the steep, cru...

Community

Mount Alberta centennial: standing on the shoulders of giants

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Monday, July 14, 2025

Jasper roping up for celebrations of Mount Alberta's 1925 inaugural ascent If you are going to steal a mountain in Jasper, I’d recommend Mount Alberta...

Jasper History

Golf’s golden years at Jasper Park

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, June 23, 2025

100 years ago, the Jasper Park Golf Club teed up its first round of the Royal and Ancient Game In 1457, King James II of England banned golf in Scotla...

Community

Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN

Bob Covey

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...

Alberta Politics

Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper

Bob Covey

Monday, December 1, 2025

Two retired Jasper educators were braving the cold in the name of Alberta’s public school system this past weekend. On Sunday, former principal and re...

Arts & Culture

Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...

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...

Alberta Politics

Jasperites inspired as Forever Canadian petition smashes threshold

Bob Covey

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Jasperites Janet Frechette and Pam Wilson were among dozens of Forever Canadian campaign supporters in Edmonton who witnessed "a historic victory" on ...

Community

Jasper’s new council sworn in

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Jasper's mayor and six councillors were officially sworn in on Friday, October 24 at the Lobstick Lodge's Skyline Lounge. Jasper's 2025 council includ...

Alberta Politics

UCP quashes strike, orders teachers back to work

Bob Covey

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Alberta Government invokes Notwithstanding Clause to impose a collective contract and shield it from court challenges for the duration of the four-yea...

Community

Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN

Bob Covey

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...

Alberta Politics

Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper

Bob Covey

Monday, December 1, 2025

Two retired Jasper educators were braving the cold in the name of Alberta’s public school system this past weekend. On Sunday, former principal and re...

Arts & Culture

Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...

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...

Alberta Politics

Jasperites inspired as Forever Canadian petition smashes threshold

Bob Covey

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Jasperites Janet Frechette and Pam Wilson were among dozens of Forever Canadian campaign supporters in Edmonton who witnessed "a historic victory" on ...

Community

Jasper’s new council sworn in

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Jasper's mayor and six councillors were officially sworn in on Friday, October 24 at the Lobstick Lodge's Skyline Lounge. Jasper's 2025 council includ...

Alberta Politics

UCP quashes strike, orders teachers back to work

Bob Covey

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Alberta Government invokes Notwithstanding Clause to impose a collective contract and shield it from court challenges for the duration of the four-yea...

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