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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Jasper Habitat for the Arts, ACFA and the Jasper Municipal Library mark 10 years at the Jasper Library and Cultural Centre with music, cake and a celebration of the building’s creative community For the past 10 years, the Jasper Library and Cultural Centre has been more than a place to borrow a book or attend a meeting. It has become a home for creativity in Jasper. Jasper artist and teacher Grace...

Alberta Politics

Jasper faces shortage of election workers ahead of Oct. 19 referendum

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Elections Alberta is looking for more people to work the polls in Jasper , with the West Yellowhead electoral division still short about 200 election ...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

Community

Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, September 28, 2026

It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...

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

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...

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...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Community

Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, September 28, 2026

It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

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...

Business

Jasper Park Lodge named one of National Geographic’s best new hotels

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge has earned a spot on National Geographic’s inaugural list of the Best New Hotels in the World , putting the Jasper resort a...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Community

Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, September 28, 2026

It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

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...

Business

Jasper Park Lodge named one of National Geographic’s best new hotels

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge has earned a spot on National Geographic’s inaugural list of the Best New Hotels in the World , putting the Jasper resort a...

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