Last year, 22-year-old Elissa Cummings rode a mountain bike from Jasper to Mexico. By herself. It took her nine weeks. She rode for 3,500 km. She passed through two provinces, seven states and two countries. She slept in a tent for 50 days, navigated poorly-marked trails and, while biking through th...

CLINT MALARCHUK IS IN HIS BARN SOUTH OF RENO, NEVADA. BIRDS ARE CHIRPING AND THE SMELL OF FRESH HAY IS PUNGENT IN THE MORNING AIR. Sunlight filters through the open door and as he thinks ahead to the day’s chores, Malarchuk is transported half a century and 2,500 km to a ranch near Grande Prairie, A...

Alberta has lifted its moratorium on accepting new cannabis retail applications and a Jasper cannabis store is now licensed and ready to roll. For months, Fleur Cannabis Boutique has been waiting patiently for the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission to lift its embargo on new marijuana retailers—a ...

It’s 2 a.m. and Marissa Kidd is on her couch, nursing her newborn son . Kidd is tired—her baby boy is only a few days old and she’s hardly slept. But she’s also restless. There’s something on her mind, something that’s been brought sharply into focus ever since her second child was born. What’s trou...

A light that shone ever brightly in Jasperites’ lives has been extinguished. Norm Lamothe, friend to many in this community, passed suddenly and tragically at his family’s cabin on Lake Bednesti, outside of Prince George, B.C., on April 6. A loving father and a devoted husband, Lamothe was only 42 y...

Most mornings, if I’m on the ball, just before our toddler pulls out all of her toys and books and crafts and games and spreads them all over the floor, I try to get us outside. This has been much easier as of late, what with the winter finally relenting. Bundling isn’t as critical. Arguments about ...

Jasper candidate leaning on her core values Paula Cackett’s life is full on these days. The 29-year-old Jasperite is running for political office in the upcoming provincial election. As such, she’s got a bag full of lanyards, buttons and pamphlets, promoting her party’s messages. She’s got a truck f...

University of Alberta undergrad students are testing the collective memory of residents affected by the 2013 Obed Mountain coal mine tailings pond disaster. Biology students working with researcher Dr. Daniel Barreda, who is developing tools to measure the impact of contaminant spills in sensitive a...

Jasper’s Jesse Kertesz-Knight is carving up the ski race circuit. The 15-year-old recently returned from the Canada Winter Games where he narrowly missed the podium in the slalom event, posted a top-ten in the Super-G and was leading the giant slalom until he got a bit aggressive during his second r...

A former Olympian is helping local skiers improve their technique while raising money for two organizations that are close to his heart. As a dentist in Jasper, Dr. David Leoni is known for improving his patients’ smiles, but on two separate weekends last month it was Leoni’s passion for skiing that...

Organizers and athletes involved with Marmot Basin’s upcoming Ski Mountaineering event want Jasper residents and visitors to ski more Ski Mo. Alex Stieda has provided the main momentum for Marmot’s Revenge 2019, taking place this Saint Patrick’s Day weekend, March 16 and 17. Transition zones are bus...

Before she bought the Bear’s Paw Bakery, the only thing Kim Stark had ever baked was a batch of chocolate chip cookies. But in 2002, when she and her then-partner decided they wanted to live in Jasper and own a business, never having baked from scratch before didn’t seem like a particularly big hurd...

The Western States Hockey League wants to come to Jasper National Park. Karen Palashniuk // Fleeting Reality Photography The U.S.-based league, which this year expanded into Canada with four franchises in its Western Provinces division, thinks Jasper and Junior A hockey could be a perfect match. “It...

Straight off the successful defending of his World 24 Hours Solo Championship in Scotland and three-peating a first place finish in Nepal , Jasper-born mountain biker Cory Wallace is pitting himself against another 24 hour challenge. On October 21, Wallace capped off an all-day-all-night sufferfest ...

For several years now, the mats at the Jasper Fitness Centre have been crimping…er, cramping…local bouldering buffs’ style. Bouldering, a form of rock climbing done on small rock formations—or in the case of an indoor gym, a wall of plastic holds—is performed without the use of ropes or harnesses. I...

Homegrown talent is having a big impact on high level hockey in the Yellowhead region. The Hinton Wildcats are the newest club in the Western States Hockey League (WSHL), a Tier Two Junior A league. With help from a couple of Jasper skaters and some coaching between the pipes, the team is off to a g...

A heartbreaking loss for the family of a man who died while running in Jasper National Park is also weighing heavily on the Jasper runner who was by his side when he passed. On June 16, 46-year-old ultra runner Steve Sadownik, of Fort St. John, B.C., died of a heart attack while running approximatel...

Margo Bereska and Ian Sheldon want to let the light in. The Jasper couple have opened the doors to their new studio, Heartspace , where Bereska, a clairvoyant medium and energy therapist, and Sheldon, an acclaimed artist and shamanic healer, want to help service their clients’ spiritual needs. “We g...

Randall Riddell is back behind The Bench. The husband, father of two, musician, sound engineer and bike mechanic can now add entrepreneur to his CV. He opened up The Bench Bike Shop on June 8 in the 606 Patricia space where Freewheel Cycle turned its final wrenches. Like the outpouring of support sh...

3,700 KILOMETRES DOWN, 3,000 TO GO FIRST TIME RACER PAST HALF WAY POINT AS SHE NEARS THE LEGENDARY NEWTON BIKE SHOP IN KANSAS _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From the very beginning of her planned 6,700 km bike adventure...