Jasper school community works toward a new place to play, heal and grow For more than a decade, the dream of a new playground at Jasper Elementary School has been a work in progress. What began with conversations between parents about replacing the aging equipment has gradually become a multi-phase ...

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 found themselves with a little extra time on their hands. So they did what any group of Jasper workers might do when a new facility was on the horizon: t...

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 Ladies Golf Club’s annual Lena Baxter Memorial Tournament, held July 4 at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course, raised $3,130 through raffles, ...

For Jasper filmmaker Sophie Pfisterer, the phrase “it is what it is” has become something of a challenge. Pfisterer, a born-and-raised Jasper local studying film production in Abu Dhabi, is attempting to raise just under $4,000 to complete her 12-minute thesis film, It Is What It Is , a fictional st...

More than 250 UK-based students in town on a ski holiday got a taste of the good ol’ hockey game. The match, featuring the local oldtimers hockey clubs Crisp Pils and Rangers, helped create a bond between the international visitors and the skate-wearing Jasperites for whom they cheered, organizers s...

In hockey, most goals don’t happen without an assist. And for a community in recovery, reaching its recovery goals would be impossible without the assistance of others. In the next 12 days, two opportunities to assist in Jasper’s recovery are being saucer-passed to community members by the Edmonton ...

A cancer diagnosis is often harrowing, and the journey, for many, can be long and lonely. But particularly in a remote, rural community, cancer is not only a disruptive and devastating prognosis from a health standpoint, it can also be financially crippling. "I knew to expect the mental and physical...

Rotarians are making available a second round of fire relief funding for local Jasper-area organizations. The Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation (RDCF) has completed its first round of wildfire relief funding, approving $56,216 in grants, according to a press release. Now, Doug Campbell, gra...

Re: Jasperites organizing for fractured friend, January 28, 2026 Dear Editor, I am Vratislav Ďurech's sister, Lucka Ďurechová. Our lives with my brother are miles apart, but our relationship is beautiful and loving. All of his good friends, including you in Jasper and here in Slovakia, know him in t...

A former Jasperite is in a desperate situation after a devastating accident while abroad. While ice climbing in Colorado recently, Vratislav “Vrato” Durech fell approximately 40 metres. He survived the fall, but sustained a horrifying list of injuries including multiple facial fractures, a shattered...

In solidarity for people living with housing insecurity, advocates are asking their peers to walk with them during The Coldest Night Of the Year. The Coldest Night Of the Year (CNOY) fundraiser is making its Jasper debut. On February 25, in recognition of those who live in a precarious housing situa...