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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The music, the crowds, the dancing and all the little moments in between The 2026 Jasper Folk Music Festival brought the community together September 11 and 12 for another memorable weekend of live music in the mountains. Photographer Jamie Robson was there to capture the festival in all its energy and colour, and we’ve mixed her excellent images with a handful of our own. Take a look through the ...

Community

Council establishes policy to recover servicing costs for Arnica Avenue

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Developers wishing to build on Arnica Avenue will need to enter into development agreements so the Municipality of Jasper can recover over $776,000 in...

Community

LETTER: ‘I’m deeply disappointed’ by Snaring campground changes

Thursday, September 17, 2026

A longtime Snaring Campground user writes to The Jasper Local following Parks Canada’s decision to move the campground to an online reservation system...

Business

Auction cancelled: Astoria pays $644K

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Editor's Note (3 p.m. Sept 15): This story has been updated since The Jasper Local learned that the outstanding taxes and penalties were paid. The cen...

Community

Ladies golf tournament raises $3,130 for local cancer support

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

It was a wrap on a successful fundraiser when the Jasper Ladies Golf Club presented a cheque to the Jasper Cancer Action and Support Group. The Jasper...

Business

After the fire, a Jasper hotelier is building the hotel he long envisioned

Bob Covey

Monday, September 14, 2026

The Mount Robson Inn was destroyed in the 2024 Jasper wildfire. Its owner had spent years imagining a replacement before the disaster forced its visio...

Community

Council weighs $42K price tag for future Canada Day

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, September 10, 2026

The amounts have been referred to the 2027 budget discussions but have not been approved Editor's note: this story has been edited for clarity after i...

Jasper Builds

Jasper’s recovery operations to wind down by end of 2028

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is planning a gradual transition away from dedicated wildfire recovery operations over the next two years, with the final m...

Arts & Culture

Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to Jasper

Bob Covey

Friday, September 4, 2026

The iconic mountain film tour is coming back to Jasper Sept. 18 and 19, bringing adventure, adrenaline and mountain culture to the Jasper Activity Cen...

Community

Jasper locals push back on changes at Snaring campground

Bob Covey

Monday, August 31, 2026

First-come, first-served campgrounds' days are numbered in Jasper National Park For decades, Jasper residents could decide on a summer camping trip wi...

Hiking and Climbing

Baby food, blisters and 6,250 metres over 115 kms

Sophie Pfisterer, freelance reporter

Friday, August 21, 2026

Jasper runners establish new ultra-marathon circuit Alex Lader was lying on the trail, shivering uncontrollably. He had already run more than 80 kilom...

Hiking and Climbing

Soaring and suffering on the Skyline

Georgia McCartney, freelance contributor

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

What an ultramarathon taught me about strength, fear and showing up in the mountains Before sunrise The hairs rise on my arms and the butterflies in m...

News

Jasperite swims the length of Maligne Lake

Cameron Jackson, freelance reporter

Monday, August 10, 2026

Jasper boat captain becomes the first recorded person to swim the 22-kilometre length of one of the Rockies’ most iconic lakes At 6:30 a.m. on Monday,...

News

Prepared hikers credited with limiting injuries in rare Jasper grizzly encounter

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Being prepared in bear country helped prevent a potentially far more serious outcome after a grizzly bear made contact with a hiker on the Opal Hills ...

Hiking and Climbing

Jasper runners help Alpenglow put Valemount on Canada’s trail running map

Friday, July 10, 2026

Jasper runners were at the front of the pack as the Alpenglow Ultramarathon returned to Valemount for its second year, with Maddie Trottier capturing ...

Environment

Jasper’s wastewater treatment plant flush with new funding

Bob Covey

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Federal, provincial and municipal governments commit a combined $7.9 million Jasper’s post-wildfire rebuild is getting another piece of critical infra...

Environment

First captive-bred Jasper caribou take their chances in the wild

Monday, August 10, 2026

Five animals released into Tonquin Valley in historic first step for conservation breeding program For the first time, Parks Canada biologists opened ...

Alberta Politics

Strychnine on trial

Mark Bradley, guest contributor

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

The case for—and against—poisoning prairie ground squirrels On March 30, 2026, the federal government reversed a ban on strychnine and allowed Alberta...

Alberta Politics

Proposed Alberta pipeline would cross Jasper National Park

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Saturday, August 1, 2026

A proposed Alberta oil pipeline would pass through Jasper National Park, reviving questions about industrial development in one of Canada's most prote...

Environment

The canaries in the cold mountain streams

Mark Bradley, guest contributor

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Protecting Harlequin Ducks means protecting the ecosystems we depend on, too. Back in the spring of 2005, I made my first visit to the Maligne Outflow...

Environment

Whirling disease confirmed in Athabasca watershed; no cases detected in Jasper National Park

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Whirling disease has been detected in Alberta’s Athabasca watershed, raising new concerns about the spread of the invasive fish parasite in the Rockie...

Arts & Culture

Jasper filmmaker seeks support to finish debut festival film

Bob Covey

Friday, August 28, 2026

For Jasper filmmaker Sophie Pfisterer, the phrase “it is what it is” has become something of a challenge. Pfisterer, a born-and-raised Jasper local st...

Arts & Culture

Old favourites, new discoveries: Folk Fest celebrates 10 years

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Jasper Folk Music Festival runs September 11-12. Get tickets here Ten years into the Jasper Folk Music Festival, organizers have learned a thing or tw...

Arts & Culture

Teacher Vanessa Martin on the art of letting students lead

Bob Covey

Thursday, April 16, 2026

In Vanessa Martin’s classroom, art isn’t just about what ends up on the wall. It’s about the courage to begin, the persistence to continue, and the qu...

Environment

Reel ambition: How Jasper stocked the Rockies

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Thursday, May 7, 2026

For millennia, the high-elevation lakes and rivers in Jasper knew not of fish. This may have been due to the hard, mountain winters. Or perhaps to wat...

Jasper History

Rocky road: The bumpy backstory of one of the world’s most scenic drives

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

More than a ribbon of tar and gravel, the Icefields Parkway is a meandering journey of stories and adventures. In 1971, Rory Flanagan was fed up. More...

Arts & Culture

Photo Gallery: That folk fest feeling

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The music, the crowds, the dancing and all the little moments in between The 2026 Jasper Folk Music Festival brought the community together September ...

Community

Council establishes policy to recover servicing costs for Arnica Avenue

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Developers wishing to build on Arnica Avenue will need to enter into development agreements so the Municipality of Jasper can recover over $776,000 in...

Community

Muni eyes CorCan units for affordable housing

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Currently owned by Parks Canada, units would be managed by Jasper Municipal Housing Corporation The Municipality of Jasper wants to utilize 24 CorCan ...

Arts & Culture

Jasper seniors share stories of recovery in new UofA podcast

Bob

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Flowers in the Ashes explores how Jasper seniors are finding joy, connection and healing after the wildfire In the aftermath of a wildfire, recovery c...

Arts & Culture

Council briefs: MOJ exploring church lands redevelopment

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is busy working out the details to potentially help the Anglican Church and United Church jointly rebuild from the 2024 wil...

Community

Jasper digs into next phase of wildfire utility repairs

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, August 13, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper recently wrapped up the first phase of repairing water and sanitary infrastructure damaged by the Jasper wildfire. Logan Ir...

Arts & Culture

Photo Gallery: That folk fest feeling

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

The music, the crowds, the dancing and all the little moments in between The 2026 Jasper Folk Music Festival brought the community together September ...

Community

Council establishes policy to recover servicing costs for Arnica Avenue

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Developers wishing to build on Arnica Avenue will need to enter into development agreements so the Municipality of Jasper can recover over $776,000 in...

Community

Muni eyes CorCan units for affordable housing

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Currently owned by Parks Canada, units would be managed by Jasper Municipal Housing Corporation The Municipality of Jasper wants to utilize 24 CorCan ...

Arts & Culture

Jasper seniors share stories of recovery in new UofA podcast

Bob

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Flowers in the Ashes explores how Jasper seniors are finding joy, connection and healing after the wildfire In the aftermath of a wildfire, recovery c...

Arts & Culture

Council briefs: MOJ exploring church lands redevelopment

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is busy working out the details to potentially help the Anglican Church and United Church jointly rebuild from the 2024 wil...

Community

Jasper digs into next phase of wildfire utility repairs

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, August 13, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper recently wrapped up the first phase of repairing water and sanitary infrastructure damaged by the Jasper wildfire. Logan Ir...

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