Pre-game tributes honour fallen Jasperites The JFI Bonestars are Jasper Hockey League champions again. The regular season leaders disappointed neither their fans nor the bookies as the far-and-away favourites fought off the underdog Outlaws—who were returning to the A-Final once again on the strengt...

Jasper’s youth were all over the ice and the slopes last weekend (March 1-2), putting pucks in nets and picking up cowbells. Let’s start with the Jasper Junior Olympics . The annual race at Marmot Basin is one of the largest youth ski races in North America, featuring 350 athletes from 5 to 11-years...

More than 400 athletes from Alberta alpine ski teams are in town as the Jasper Junior Olympics (JJOs) return to Marmot Basin . Meanwhile, Jasper’s fastest brothers are carving up Europe.  The sounds of cowbells and cheers will echo through the Rocky Mountains as young racers—U12 and U10 skiers on Dr...

The Municipality of Jasper celebrated the re-opening of the Jasper Activity Centre last week, marking a milestone for the community’s recreation facilities.  Municipal councillor Kathleen Waxer had the honour of cutting the ribbon on the newly-renovated Jasper Activity Centre, Arena and Fitness & Aq...

Depleted Bearcats squad claws out first round playoff victory If you thought that the final of the Four Nations Faceoff would be the hockey highlight of your week, you’d be wrong. Sure the best players in the world competing for their countries makes for exciting hockey, but have you seen the U15 Ja...

Girls' hockey took centre ice over the weekend in Jasper. The second annual Female Hockey Day in Jasper brought to town female players, coaches, trainers and community leaders. Teams and their supporters came from Edmonton, Hinton, Valemount and in the case of the Wheatland Wranglers, all the way fr...

For 30 years, Kevin Martin was one of the country’s top curlers and since the mid-1990s, his was one of a handful of household names in the sport. Although he amassed many championships, trophies and awards—including the gold medal which capped his career at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver—the...

A couple of weeks ago a grizzly was reported on the Pyramid Bench, playing in the ice and snow.  Grizzly prints in Jasper reported January 8, 2025. // Courtesy Jasper National Park More recently, an entire team of the powerful animals—the U18 Jasper Grizzlies—emerged to host what might be their fina...

A skating trainer with a championship pedigree was back in the Jasper Arena recently, 25 years after he first got on the ice here. Gaston Schaeffer, a former Swiss junior champion figure skater who toured with the Ice Capades, Holiday on Ice and who coached in the 1988 Olympics, first came to Jasper...

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...