Canada’s newly-minted Prime Minister is announcing a mint for Jasper’s rebuild. Prime Minister Mark Carney today (Thursday, March 20, 2025) announced a $187 million investment to help repair and rebuild critical infrastructure in Jasper National Park. The funding, provided to Parks Canada over two y...

The Municipality of Jasper is seeking input on the local rental market amid housing challenges. In the wake of recent reports of double digit rent hikes and updates to lease terms that may impact families, the MOJ is reaching out to tenants and landlords. “Housing was already a challenge in Jasper b...

Jasper’s fire-stalled economy has been given another big boost to help it crank over. Yesterday (March 6, 2025), the federal government announced $2.2 million in funding to provide temporary retail locations for local businesses, to advance affordable housing, to help enable efficient construction i...

Yesterday was the long-awaited move-in day for residents of Jasper's interim housing. On, February 26, 2025, the first of hundreds of Jasperites displaced by the July 24, 2024 wildfire were handed the keys to their new lodgings. “So stoked and so happy,” Philip Samonte said about his mood as he, alo...

The first trailer loads of Jasper’s interim housing units were trucked into the community today (February 11, 2025). Squeezing under the 5.1 metre CN bridge at the east end of Jasper, 60 mobile housing structures— procured by Parks Canada after months of uncertainty in the community—began arriving o...

Jasper’s urgent housing needs have been given a $39.4 million shot in the arm. Yesterday (February 6, 2025), the federal government announced a $9.4 million contribution to Jasper’s longer-term housing solutions, as well as $30 million to provide interim housing for those displaced by the July 24 wi...

Jasperites finally have some answers about interim housing. Details about the type, layout and anticipated location of Parks Canada-procured interim housing have been released by the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre. According to the JRCC, approximately 100 duplex-style trailers, representing up ...

Rent is rising in Jasper, and with it, tenants’ anxiety about being able to afford to live here. Last week, residents in the 36 units of the “Walk Ups” (1004 Patricia Street apartments) were sent notice that starting May 1, 2025, their rents were going up—from $1,500 to $2,000, in the case of one co...

Jasperites marched in solidarity against the lack of progress on interim housing January 24. Six months to the day after the homes of approximately 2,000 people living in Jasper burned in the largest wildfire ever recorded in Jasper National Park, hundreds of demonstrators showed their unity with di...

It’s been six months since Jasper was evacuated due to the threat of a massive wildfire roaring down the Athabasca Valley. On Friday, January 24, it will be exactly six months since thousands of Jasperites learned that their homes, businesses and everything in them burnt to the ground . And on Satur...