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Council approves off-site levies overhaul

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Leaseholders will be paying different rates when adding a net-new development after council approved an updated bylaw on Tuesday (April 21). Under the bylaw, residential developments will go from $1.93 per square foot to $4,286.36 per dwelling unit. The commercial rate ($2.57 per sq. ft.) and industrial rate ($1.27 per sq. ft.) will be combined into a single non-residential development rate of $5....

Housing

Council approves $2M in repairs for wildfire-damaged utilities

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

The Municipality will spend more than $2 million to replace wildfire-damaged curb stop valves in Cabin Creek, Lodgepole and Miette neighbourhoods. On ...

Environment

Capturing Jasper’s magnetic night sky

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Jasper photographer Simone Heinrich captured an evening of aurora activity recently. Good things come to those who wait. // Simone Heinrich On Friday ...

Arts & Culture

Through the looking glass: Pride festival promotes unity in Jasper

Monday, April 20, 2026

The 17th annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival opened with a powerful message of unity, resilience and responsibility, as community members gathered fo...

Community

Municipality entering MOU with churches for joint rebuild project

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Monday, April 20, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is expressing interest in helping the Anglican and United churches in their joint rebuild from the 2024 wildfire that would...

Arts & Culture

Week of art workshops aimed at youth wellness

Friday, April 17, 2026

A week of arts and culture sessions are being oriented to Grade 9 to 12 students in Jasper. Beading, felting, drumming, live music, pottery and more w...

Business

Chamber exploring business-owned staff housing facility

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Friday, April 17, 2026

The Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce (JPCC) is proposing businesses join together to form a co-operative that would build and manage a not-for-profit s...

Arts & Culture

Teacher Vanessa Martin on the art of letting students lead

Bob

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...

Housing

Wildfire-affected utilities require $9M in repairs

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Repairs to water and sewer infrastructure affected by the 2024 Jasper wildfire could cost more than $9 million, according to a report presented to cou...

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...

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. /...

Alberta Politics

Water Not Coal canvassers looking to mine Yellowhead for signatures

Bob Covey

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Residents of Yellowhead are urging their fellow Albertans to say no to coal mining in the Rockies. For weeks, canvassers with the Water Not Coal citiz...

Business

Detour to Marmot Basin: Mud and debris closes part of Wabasso Rd

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Parks Canada is posting notice that a section of the Wabasso Road (93A) is closed as of 6 p.m., April 4, 2026. The closure is due to falling debris an...

Environment

Backcountry paddlers disappointed by new invasive species rules

Bob Covey

Friday, March 20, 2026

Some packrafters' 2026 backcountry plans have been sunk after Parks Canada's new Aquatic Invasive Species strategy surfaced recently, but whitewater a...

Environment

Road closure on Icefields Parkway extended

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Atmospheric river creates extreme avalanche hazard The Icefields Parkway (Hwy93N) will remain closed until at least Saturday, March 21. Extreme avalan...

Alberta Politics

Is the Fortress Mountain proposal a house of cards?

Mark Bradley, guest contributor

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

With its All Seasons Resort Act , the Alberta Government is skirting due process, ignoring public opinion and putting wildlife in the crosshairs, writ...

Alberta Politics

New year, same dismal chance of Alberta caribou recovery

Mark Bradley, guest contributor

Thursday, January 22, 2026

GoA's South-Athabasca sub-regional plan represents another nail in the caribou coffin Alberta’s caribou are once again taking a back seat to industry....

Arts & Culture

Laughter as medicine: Comedy tour stopping in Jasper.

Cameron Jackson, freelance contributor

Thursday, March 12, 2026

More than 19 months after wildfire rewrote Jasper's story overnight, a comedy trio is hoping to bring some levity to the town’s current chapter. The ...

Arts & Culture

Jasper Artists Guild puts No Limits on BUZZFest 2026

Photos by Sergio Rodriguez

Tuesday, January 27, 2026

The opening gala of another buzz-worthy exhibition from the Jasper Artists Guild attracted dozens of art lovers, creatives and immaculately-dressed Ja...

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...

Community

Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare

John Wilmshurst, guest contributor

Monday, February 2, 2026

Naked Olympians. Do we have your attention yet? The tradition of the Ancient Olympics, begun in 776 BCE, and maintained for a 1,000-year run, was that...

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

Municipality entering MOU with churches for joint rebuild project

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Monday, April 20, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is expressing interest in helping the Anglican and United churches in their joint rebuild from the 2024 wildfire that would...

Business

Chamber exploring business-owned staff housing facility

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Friday, April 17, 2026

The Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce (JPCC) is proposing businesses join together to form a co-operative that would build and manage a not-for-profit s...

Arts & Culture

Teacher Vanessa Martin on the art of letting students lead

Bob

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...

Arts & Culture

Through the looking glass: Pride festival promotes unity in Jasper

Monday, April 20, 2026

The 17th annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival opened with a powerful message of unity, resilience and responsibility, as community members gathered fo...

News

New bold colour motif to brighten up rebuilding Jasper

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

New aesthetics guidelines recommended by local wildfire recovery staff are intended to brighten up Jasper’s local motif and bring in new, colour-curio...

Local Government

Council briefs: Transit fleet, wildfire donations, skatepark financing

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Sunday, March 29, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is looking at procuring conventional buses rather than three electric buses for its transit fleet as originally intended. O...

Housing

Jasper hears budget implications of land-use authority

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Administration outlined the current and projected state of Jasper’s development planning function as it transitions to municipal responsibility The Mu...

News

Icefields Parkway to reopen today

Thursday, March 26, 2026

The Icefields Parkway will reopen at 2 p.m. MST today (Thursday, March 26). Parks Canada has said that a 250-metre section of highway covered in avala...

Community

Municipality entering MOU with churches for joint rebuild project

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Monday, April 20, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is expressing interest in helping the Anglican and United churches in their joint rebuild from the 2024 wildfire that would...

Business

Chamber exploring business-owned staff housing facility

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Friday, April 17, 2026

The Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce (JPCC) is proposing businesses join together to form a co-operative that would build and manage a not-for-profit s...

Arts & Culture

Teacher Vanessa Martin on the art of letting students lead

Bob

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...

Arts & Culture

Through the looking glass: Pride festival promotes unity in Jasper

Monday, April 20, 2026

The 17th annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival opened with a powerful message of unity, resilience and responsibility, as community members gathered fo...

News

New bold colour motif to brighten up rebuilding Jasper

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

New aesthetics guidelines recommended by local wildfire recovery staff are intended to brighten up Jasper’s local motif and bring in new, colour-curio...

Local Government

Council briefs: Transit fleet, wildfire donations, skatepark financing

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Sunday, March 29, 2026

The Municipality of Jasper is looking at procuring conventional buses rather than three electric buses for its transit fleet as originally intended. O...

Housing

Jasper hears budget implications of land-use authority

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Administration outlined the current and projected state of Jasper’s development planning function as it transitions to municipal responsibility The Mu...

News

Icefields Parkway to reopen today

Thursday, March 26, 2026

The Icefields Parkway will reopen at 2 p.m. MST today (Thursday, March 26). Parks Canada has said that a 250-metre section of highway covered in avala...

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