Human wolf howls are disturbing and harassing wolf packs, according to one Rocky Mountain biologist, however Parks Canada experts are skeptical of the claim.

Cam McTavish, a wildlife biologist with 22 years experience studying carnivores in Mountain National Parks, said when humans bellow wolf cries into the wilderness, wolves often have no choice but to expend valuable energy and investigate. He wants to see the activity curtailed in National Parks.

Jasper’s affordable housing units will become available for residency starting April 15, according to Keith Shepherd, manager of the Jasper Community Housing Corporation.

With the deadline for applications for residency passed, Shepherd said they are hoping to have units ready for occupancy by that time and will rent them to people who have been cleared through the screening.

In a warning that is being hailed as unprecedented, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing its third consecutive public avalanche warning for large sections of British Columbia.

The warning area includes the backcountry areas of the North Rockies and the Columbia Mountains, from Mackenzie south to the U.S. border and east of Prince George, Kamloops and Osoyoos. The South Chilcotin Mountains, north of Pemberton, are also included.

Thinking about starting your own garden in Jasper because you want to avoid buying into the global food industry? You’re going to need help. The Jasper Municipal Library is organizing a series of information sessions about growing and eating locally around Jasper that just might do the trick.

Janeen Keelan, an events co-ordinator at the Jasper Municipal Library who is spearheading the information sessions, said that she recognizes that only eating food produced within a 100 mile radius around Jasper won’t be easy.

The Art of the Earth Show and Sale opened at the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archive on Friday evening.

Artists Wanda Whaley, Edith VanderKloot, and Anna Carnell spent all day Friday setting up the show, and in the evening the doors opened to the public.

Wanda Whaley, from Bentley, Alta. makes cave style paintings using the traditional means of grinding rock into a powder and combining it with oil to make paint.