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Letter: Thumbs down for paid parking infrastructure
Letters
Letter: Thumbs down for paid parking infrastructure
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
As I just arrived today for my two-day stay here I'd be happy to pay for parking, IF I could pay. The self-pay machine does not work, and I refuse to enter any credit card or other financial info and appsinto my cellphone. That leaves me completely unable to pay parking. I left a note on my motorcyc...
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Budget 2024: Councillors considering double digit percent increase to tax requisition
Business
Budget 2024: Councillors considering double digit percent increase to tax requisition
Bob Covey 
Friday, November 24, 2023
Administration requesting five new staff positions; utility rate plan paying off; paid parking generated $1M in 2023 Jasper councillors recommended supporting most of the proposed 2024 municipal budget that town administrators presented to them on Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov 21 and 22). The $36.4 mil...
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Business owners speak out on lack of council support
Business
Business owners speak out on lack of council support
Bob Covey 
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Two local business owners are concerned about the lack of business supports in the wake of Jasper’s September 4-14 power outage emergency. Patricia Street proprietors Lynn Wannop and Shelley Koebel both attended the September 27 committee of the whole meeting, on behalf of their individual businesse...
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Jasper rolls out 500 hour paid parking program
Local Government
Jasper rolls out 500 hour paid parking program
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
As the Municipality of Jasper prepares to roll out its residents’ credit system, the town’s recently-developed paid parking program has issued nearly 100 violation tickets and grossed upwards of $50,000 in revenue. “Visitors are clearly paying,” said Director of Protective and Legislative Services, ...
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Arrest made in Hinton child pornography investigation
News
Arrest made in Hinton child pornography investigation
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
A 62-year-old man from Hinton has been charged with possession of child pornography. A year and a half after Alberta’s Integrated Child Exploitation (...
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Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
Community
Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Monday, February 2, 2026
Naked Olympians. Do we have your attention yet? The tradition of the Ancient Olympics, begun in 776 BCE, and maintained for a 1,000-year run, was that...
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Letter: Sister of injured climber sends love to Jasper
Letters
Letter: Sister of injured climber sends love to Jasper
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Re: Jasperites organizing for fractured friend, January 28, 2026 Dear Editor, I am Vratislav Ďurech's sister, Lucka Ďurechová. Our lives with my broth...
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Alberta-born tech helps families ski safer
News
Alberta-born tech helps families ski safer
Amir Said, freelance reporter 
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Marmot Basin helps launch Canadian-made safety device for ski resorts Ski families have one less thing to worry about on the slopes thanks to new GPS-...
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New year, same dismal chance of Alberta caribou recovery
Alberta Politics
New year, same dismal chance of Alberta caribou recovery
Mark Bradley, guest contributor 
Thursday, January 22, 2026
GoA's South-Athabasca sub-regional plan represents another nail in the caribou coffin Alberta’s caribou are once again taking a back seat to industry....
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Council briefs: Recovery update, utility rates, supplementary taxes
Jasper Builds
Council briefs: Recovery update, utility rates, supplementary taxes
Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter 
Wednesday, January 21, 2026
After an influx of new applicants, the waitlist for interim housing has grown to 58 people. During their regular council meeting yesterday (Tuesday, J...
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I just need him back: Missing man’s family issues desperate plea
News
I just need him back: Missing man’s family issues desperate plea
Bob Covey 
Monday, January 19, 2026
The family members of a 29-year-old who went missing in Jasper two summers ago are putting out a desperate plea for any information about their son an...
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ATCO defends new overhead power lines
Community
ATCO defends new overhead power lines
Peter Shokeir, freelance reporter 
Monday, January 19, 2026
Resident wants replacement power lines buried underground for safety, aesthetics With replacement power lines going underground for Pyramid Lake and M...
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Arrest made in Hinton child pornography investigation
News
Arrest made in Hinton child pornography investigation
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
A 62-year-old man from Hinton has been charged with possession of child pornography. A year and a half after Alberta’s Integrated Child Exploitation (...
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Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
Community
Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Monday, February 2, 2026
Naked Olympians. Do we have your attention yet? The tradition of the Ancient Olympics, begun in 776 BCE, and maintained for a 1,000-year run, was that...
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Letter: Sister of injured climber sends love to Jasper
Letters
Letter: Sister of injured climber sends love to Jasper
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Re: Jasperites organizing for fractured friend, January 28, 2026 Dear Editor, I am Vratislav Ďurech's sister, Lucka Ďurechová. Our lives with my broth...
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Alberta-born tech helps families ski safer
News
Alberta-born tech helps families ski safer
Amir Said, freelance reporter 
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Marmot Basin helps launch Canadian-made safety device for ski resorts Ski families have one less thing to worry about on the slopes thanks to new GPS-...
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Letter: Sister of injured climber sends love to Jasper
Letters
Letter: Sister of injured climber sends love to Jasper
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Re: Jasperites organizing for fractured friend, January 28, 2026 Dear Editor, I am Vratislav Ďurech's sister, Lucka Ďurechová. Our lives with my broth...
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Alberta-born tech helps families ski safer
News
Alberta-born tech helps families ski safer
Amir Said, freelance reporter 
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Marmot Basin helps launch Canadian-made safety device for ski resorts Ski families have one less thing to worry about on the slopes thanks to new GPS-...
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Arrest made in Hinton child pornography investigation
News
Arrest made in Hinton child pornography investigation
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
A 62-year-old man from Hinton has been charged with possession of child pornography. A year and a half after Alberta’s Integrated Child Exploitation (...
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Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
Community
Jasper’s Olympic connections laid bare
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Monday, February 2, 2026
Naked Olympians. Do we have your attention yet? The tradition of the Ancient Olympics, begun in 776 BCE, and maintained for a 1,000-year run, was that...
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