Banff Mountain Film Festival

Arts & Culture

Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to Jasper

Bob Covey

Friday, September 4, 2026

The iconic mountain film tour is coming back to Jasper Sept. 18 and 19, bringing adventure, adrenaline and mountain culture to the Jasper Activity Centre. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is coming back. The for the first time in years, the world's best mountain films will be shown in Jas...

Arts and Culture

Pandemic pivot: Familiar events to be delivered digitally

Bob Covey

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Two more IRL (In Real Life) events in Jasper are going virtual. For 25 years, every December, the Chaba Theatre would be packed for a night of mountain movies when the world-famous Best of the Banff Mountain Film Festival would roll into town. On the night of the show, a rainbow of puffy jacket-wear...

Arts and Culture

Filmmaker and former Jasperite documenting the extremes of climbing and addiction

Bob Covey

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

A new film following Red Bull athlete Will Gadd as he seeks out new climbing routes in remote regions of China was a darling of the 2020 Banff Mountain Film Festival, which wrapped up November 8. The 40-minute documentary features the charismatic Gadd in his element as he on-sights vertical pillars...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Community

Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, September 28, 2026

It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

Business

Auction cancelled: Astoria pays $644K

Peter Shokeir, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Editor's Note (3 p.m. Sept 15): This story has been updated since The Jasper Local learned that the outstanding taxes and penalties were paid. The cen...

Community

Ladies golf tournament raises $3,130 for local cancer support

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

It was a wrap on a successful fundraiser when the Jasper Ladies Golf Club presented a cheque to the Jasper Cancer Action and Support Group. The Jasper...

Community

Jasper Community Team Society appoints new executive director

Monday, September 14, 2026

The Jasper Community Team Society has appointed Susan Given as its new executive director, bringing a veteran community health and disaster-recovery l...

Business

After the fire, a Jasper hotelier is building the hotel he long envisioned

Bob Covey

Monday, September 14, 2026

The Mount Robson Inn was destroyed in the 2024 Jasper wildfire. Its owner had spent years imagining a replacement before the disaster forced its visio...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Community

Behind the photo: Time stands still on Connaught Drive

John Wilmshurst, freelance contributor

Monday, September 28, 2026

It’s late spring in Jasper, 1940. There is still snow in the mountains, but its melted up to 2,000 meters and the town is green-ish. There’s a woman r...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

Alberta Politics

Jasper faces shortage of election workers ahead of Oct. 19 referendum

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Elections Alberta is looking for more people to work the polls in Jasper , with the West Yellowhead electoral division still short about 200 election ...

Community

Bongs still going strong after 50 years

Thursday, October 1, 2026

It was the fall of 1976. The arena was closed for construction of the new Jasper Activity Centre and curling rink, and a group of workers suddenly fou...

Arts & Culture

A Morrisseau painted in Jasper returns to public view after 40 years

Bob Covey

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

A monumental work created at the Maligne Canyon Tea House offers a connection between Jasper, an Indigenous Canadian art icon and a family that helped...

Biking

Hinton MS Bike Ride rolls past $136,000 as fundraising continues

Bob Covey

Monday, September 28, 2026

For cyclists, the steepest climbs eventually give way to downhill. For people living with MS, there isn’t always a finish line. For Spruce Grove's Mic...

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