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Icefields Parkway reopened after avalanche work
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Icefields Parkway reopened after avalanche work
Friday, March 7, 2025
UPDATED: The Icefields Parkway (Hwy93N) has been reopened. The parkway was closed on Saturday, March 8 through to Monday, March 10 . A winter storm was forecast to hit Jasper and Banff National Park March 9-10, bringing as much as 45 cm of snow, according to Parks Canada. "If the full force of this ...
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Avalanche control work complete, Parkway open
Environment
Avalanche control work complete, Parkway open
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
The Icefields Parkway is back open after being closed intermittently for avalanche work on Wednesday, March 8. Public safety crews required four short closures over the course of the day to conduct the control work. The longest closure lasted 45 minutes, according to Parks Canada. Courtesy Parks Can...
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Update: Parkway, Maligne Road remain open
Business
Update: Parkway, Maligne Road remain open
Bob Covey 
Monday, February 13, 2023
Parks Canada will not close the Icefields Parkway today as planned. The Maligne Lake Road is also open. Snowfall levels from the winter storm forecasted to hit Jasper National Park starting February 12, 2023, were not as significant as expected, Parks Canada says. Still, the agency is advising motor...
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Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Community
Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...
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Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Community
Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 8, 2025
Council conforms to all but one of administration's recommendations as ongoing wildfire recovery guides MOJ's 2026 budget A tied vote defeated a motio...
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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
Arts & Culture
Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...
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JRCC update: funding confirmed, rebuild progressing
Community
JRCC update: funding confirmed, rebuild progressing
Bob Covey 
Thursday, November 20, 2025
Positions created to facilitate Jasper’s recovery from the 2024 wildfire will be fully funded to the end of their respective terms. The announcement w...
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Council hears funding requests from 11 community groups
Arts & Culture
Council hears funding requests from 11 community groups
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Funding requests from community groups, arts organizations, business advocates, service centres, foundations and festivals went before Jasper Municipa...
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Linking turns, climate art and community
Arts & Culture
Linking turns, climate art and community
Bob Covey 
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Nature may look chaotic, but it is, in fact, very well organized. So says artist Dee McLean. “We mess with it at our peril,” she says. A scientific il...
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We will remember them: Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Day ceremonies
Community
We will remember them: Hundreds turn out for Remembrance Day ceremonies
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Jasperites turned out in the hundreds to observe Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Jasper Activity Centre on November 11. Captain (retired) Greg Key f...
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Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Community
Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...
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Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Community
Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 8, 2025
Council conforms to all but one of administration's recommendations as ongoing wildfire recovery guides MOJ's 2026 budget A tied vote defeated a motio...
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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
Arts & Culture
Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...
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Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Community
Status quo budget: Council proposes 10 percent tax hike
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 8, 2025
Council conforms to all but one of administration's recommendations as ongoing wildfire recovery guides MOJ's 2026 budget A tied vote defeated a motio...
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Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
Arts & Culture
Curtain call: A century of live theatre in Jasper
John Wilmshurst, guest contributor 
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Principal among the gathering spaces that were lost in the 2024 Jasper Wildfire were the Jasper Anglican Church and its former neighbour, the McCready...
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Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Community
Jasper yard investments won’t change operations at this time: CN
Bob Covey 
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
CN is making considerable changes to its Jasper Yard, but the $12 million investment does not change the way the Jasper Yard operates, the company say...
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Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Alberta Politics
Public ed petitioners collecting signatures in Jasper
Bob Covey 
Monday, December 1, 2025
Two retired Jasper educators were braving the cold in the name of Alberta’s public school system this past weekend. On Sunday, former principal and re...
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