The renowned Jasper artist and founder of Mountain Galleries is sharing decades of collected works—including original paintings, Inuit prints and Canadian art treasures—in a rare Studio Sale. For more than four decades, Wendy Wacko has surrounded herself with art. Of the worksshe discovered while ch...

After stepping in to organize this year's Canada Day festivities when no community group was available to take the lead, the Municipality of Jasper helped ensure one of the community's biggest annual celebrations carried on uninterrupted. Council approved the move this spring as a stop-gap measure, ...

Taste of Spring festival uncorked at Olive Bistro “We need something with some acidity… something to wake up your palate for the rest of the night.” Jasper's Joost Tijssen inspects a Sangiovese rosé from the Emilia Romagna region in Forli-Cesena, Italy. // Bob Covey At approximately 7 p.m. on Saturd...

Mayors Awards celebrate decades of Distinguished Voluntary Service Applause echoed through Jasper’s municipal council chambers on April 21 as three longtime volunteers were honoured for quietly shaping the community behind the scenes. This year’s Jasper Mayor’s Awards, awarded in all three cases for...

Jasper Acts Presents:  Charlotte’s Web , A Heartwarming Celebration of Youth, Community, and Live Theatre This weekend, Jasper Acts invites audiences of all ages to experience the magic of live theatre with its charming production of  Charlotte’s Web . Brought to life by a passionate cast of local a...

As he prepares for his May 2 performance in Jasper , Canadian hip hop artist Shad is thinking less about a fixed setlist and more about the feeling of the place itself. Q: How does performing in a small town differ from when you're in a big city? Shad: Every show is different—the energy depends on t...

The 17th annual Jasper Pride and Ski Festival opened with a powerful message of unity, resilience and responsibility, as community members gathered for the symbolic raising of the Pride flag on April 10. Jasper Pride & Ski Festival board members including Jackie Bohnet, Melissa Mercer, executive dir...

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 will make up a week of wellness workshops, dubbed Youth Art Hope (YAH), May 2-9. The idea for the sessions began with conversations with the Jasper Rec...

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 quiet triumph of making something your own . A week after the opening night of the 2025/26 Series , and 11 years after she began facilitating after-scho...

Jasperites with a craving to kick off spring with a bangin’ street party will soon have that itch officially—and rhythmically— scratched . Shad is one of Canada's most revered rappers, and Skratch Bastid is a Juno award-nominated producer and DJ. Both will be in Jasper on May 2 at the Jasper Legion ...

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  Talk of the Town Comedy Tour  is a multi-city romp through Saskatchewan and Alberta that makes its 'one-night-only' Jasper stop on Wednesday, March 18...

Thanks to a recent gift, the Jasper Community Team Society has nearly $10,000 more to distribute to community members in recovery from the 2024 wildfire.  Jasper-raised author and creative writing professor, Beth Everest, presented the donation on Wednesday, March 4. The contribution represents the ...

The opening gala of another buzz-worthy exhibition from the Jasper Artists Guild attracted dozens of art lovers, creatives and immaculately-dressed Jasperites to the Jasper Art Gallery on January 23. Sharply-dressed Jasperites in the house. // Sergio Rodriguez BUZZFest is JAG's annual art extravagan...

Jasper in January, the mountain town’s iconic winter festival, kicks off this week, with a wide variety of events including the Chef’s Table Experience , catered to those looking to fall in love with food Culinary explorers will find their foodie dreams come true this Jasper in January. And those co...

Après Wine pairs the beauty of the snow-capped mountains with some of the best wine Jasper has to offer. Jasper in January — the mountain town’s most iconic winter tradition, now in its 38th year — is bringing attendees a sophisticated new offering: Après Wine. It’s a one-of-a-kind wine tasting expe...

Jasperite Susi Pfisterer’s 2016 biography on her father is now available on the world’s largest audiobook and podcast platform. When it debuted, 50 Percent of Mountaineering is Uphill: The Life of Canadian Mountain Rescue Pioneer Willi Pfisterer, received high praise from not just local readers, but...

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 si...

Funding requests from community groups, arts organizations, business advocates, service centres, foundations and festivals went before Jasper Municipal Council November 18.  The annual appeals for support—this year from 11 different groups—were the first items that the recently-elected council has d...

Nature may look chaotic, but it is, in fact, very well organized. So says artist Dee McLean. “We mess with it at our peril,” she says. A scientific illustrator, painter, children’s book author, exhibit curator and former cricket coach, McLean uses art as a vehicle to engage her audience with science...

Halloween brings haunted happenings to Jasper with ghost tours, spooky celebrations Bears and elk won’t be the only creatures roaming Jasper National Park this Hallo-weekend. Creatures Return is a first-of-its-kind Halloween experience in Jasper, offering guests a taste of the supernatural Oct. 31 t...