U18 Bearcats contests highlight a weekend of Jasper Minor Sports matchups If you were at the Jasper Arena this past weekend for the first annual Jasper Hockey Days weekend, you might have felt a certain buzz. Was it excitement? Nostalgia? Happiness, pride, nervousness, camaraderie or rivalry? It was...

Hundreds of racers and hundreds more supporting those runners this weekend helped in the ongoing efforts to Rebuild Jasper. On November 30, the Rebuild Jasper Run attracted more than 250 participants who ran through snow flurries and under socked-in skies with the understanding that brighter days wi...

In September, Jasper’s youth female hockey players received an offer they couldn’t refuse. Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser, six-time Olympian, four-time gold medalist, Hockey Hall of Famer, emergency room physician, and the unquestioned GOAT of women’s hockey, sent a video message inviting a Jasper team to ...

Arena is expected to be ready for use the week of December 16; dressing rooms to follow The Municipality of Jasper is responding to a letter writing campaign from frustrated hockey parents. On Tuesday, councillor Wendy Hall noted that 16 letters from hockey families, including the president of Jaspe...

As a freestyle moguls skier, Gage LeBlanc is used to ups and downs. After all, his is a sport in which athletes navigate 160 knee-high bumps of solid snow and ice, then launch off of two huge jumps—spinning, flipping and twisting through the air to gain points. But for the last two years, for Gage, ...

When the Derksen family lost their home in the Jasper wildfire, they knew that chances were slim that the precious reminders of their lives were spared from the flames.  Photos of the Derksens’ home on fire, with the iconic, yellow and brown “Jasper BrewPub” VW bus parked outside, were some of the f...

Cory Wallace doesn’t play competitive hockey these days, but the former Jasper Wolves winger recently scored a double hat trick on his mountain bike. In September, the 37-year-old Jasperite chalked up his sixth consecutive WEMBO 24-hour Solo World Mountain Bike Championship , outlasting two extremel...

Jasper’s Dr. Declan Unsworth finished first in the 126km “Leg Burner” race at the 10th annual Jasper Gran Fondo June 8. The good doctor also burned the rest of the field on the Marmot Basin Road hill climb, registering the fastest time of more than 220 racers whose route included the 13 km, 700 metr...

A longtime Jasper hockey official has been recognized for his outstanding commitment to the game. When Glen Leitch moved to Jasper in 1997, joined a recreational hockey team (RIP JPL S**thawks) and was eventually recruited to referee the local men’s commercial league, the then 42-year-old had no ide...

Jasper’s U-18 boys volleyball team (JVC Peak) has returned from nationals with no hardware to speak of, but with a duffle bag full of on-court lessons and an appreciation for their successful season.   Earlier this year, 10 young men from Jasper and another from Hinton qualified to compete alongside...