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• Decision unknown

  March 26, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  GYRD still wants dog park for new high school It’s been more than a month since the Municipality of Jasper held a meeting regarding the decision whether or not to land swap with Grande Yellowhead Regional Division (GYRD), which wants to build a new sch...

• First-hand source

  March 26, 2009 - Author: DANIEL Z. JACOBS, REPORTER

  Mayor visits school classroom A council meeting was held Monday, but it wasn’t your typical municipal affair. The meeting took place at École Desrochers and the council was made up of Grade 5 and 6 students. ...

• Model predicts reduced pine beetle populations

  March 26, 2009 - Author: KAITLYN COHOLAN, EDITOR

  Parks Canada says too soon to know If upwards of 95 per cent of the mountain pine beetle perished over the winter, as predicted by a model developed by the Canadian Forest Service (CFS), this winter could have been the first time the mountain parks have ...

• Parks plans for the long-term

  March 26, 2009 - Author: DANIEL Z. JACOBS, REPORTER

  Review of management plan presented Jasper National Park superintendent Greg Fenton emphasized the need to build on the strengths of strategic goals and to determine what new actions need to take place by way of public engagement on issues of concern at ...

• Bill 19 not gaining support

  March 26, 2009 - Author: DANIEL Z. JACOBS, REPORTER

  Concerns about land expropriation The Alberta Government’s Bill 19, the Land Assembly Project Area Act, has drawn criticism from a wide array of forces and unified the opposition against Premier Ed Stelmach’s Conservative Government.  ...

• Have you seen this woman?

  March 26, 2009 - Author: KAITLYN COHOLAN, EDITOR

  Family pleads for help in Banff missing person case Family and friends of Mary-Lynn Baltzer have sent out emails appealing to the public to help find her, after she went missing from Banff last October. Cpl. Gary Fedrau of the Banff RCMP detachment said...

• Have you seen this woman?

  March 26, 2009 - Author: KAITLYN COHOLAN, EDITOR

  Family pleads for help in Banff missing person case Family and friends of Mary-Lynn Baltzer have sent out emails appealing to the public to help find her, after she went missing from Banff last October. Cpl. Gary Fedrau of the Banff RCMP detachment said...

• Addressing rumours

  March 26, 2009 - Author: KAITLYN COHOLAN, EDITOR

  The Booster wasn’t even closed for a week when rumours about changes to the Fitzhugh started to circulate. Word seems to have gotten around that since now we’re the only paper in Jasper, we’re going to start charging for copies. ...

• Creditor protection for registered accounts

  March 26, 2009 - Author: DEREK WEISBECK - Special to the Fitzhugh

  Until recently, an investor’s registered assets (RRSPs and RRIFs) were not subject to protection against the claims of creditors in the event of personal bankruptcy. This was a real and legitimate concern for many Canadian investors, particularly sm...

• Young Jasper man in tune

  March 26, 2009 - Author: KAITLYN COHOLAN, EDITOR

  Berklee student gets on Dean’s List for fall semester A student from Jasper has struck a chord with the Berklee College of Music and landed himself on the Dean’s List.  Han Wook Kim earned the distinction for the fall semester of his fi...

• Town and union staff work out contract

  March 26, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  At last week’s council meeting, there was a request to ratify the latest collective agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1458 and the municipality of Jasper. ...

• Delicious delights

  March 26, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  Students raise money for Juvenile Diabetes  As part of Kids Helping Kids month, young Jasperites had the opportunity to buy cupcakes with green icing in coordination with St. Patrick’s Day last Tuesday, March 17. For just one shiny quarter, s...

• A new adventure in South America: Traffic, burgers and babies, oh my

  March 26, 2009 - Author: ALAIN DENIS - Special to the Fitzhugh

  It was an early morning start. We packed up the bikes and rode to Panama City International Airport. We didn’t get lost this time, as it was fairly easy to find the highway to the airport. We needed to be at Girag Cargo Terminal to leave our bikes b...

• Tell the tale

  March 26, 2009 - Author: KAITLYN COHOLAN, EDITOR

  Prince George man shares history of Métis people Ron Pelletier is interested in telling the story of the Métis who once inhabited Jasper National Park, and on March 21, he did just that. ...

• Elk delivers biology lesson

  March 26, 2009 - Author: AMY SAUNDERS - Special to the Fitzhugh

  When Grade 10, 11 and 12 students from École Desrochers arrived at school on the morning of Monday, March 2, they were greeted by their eager biology teacher, Jocelyn Nadeau, who quickly told them to put their coats back on. They were about to experienc...

• Take me to the river

  March 26, 2009 - Author: DANIEL Z. JACOBS, REPORTER

  Navigable Waters Act subject to fundamental change As part of the federal Budget Implementation Act, which has received Royal Assent and is now law, the 130-year-old Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA) has been subject to fundamental change.  ...

• Jasper film club presents Frost/Nixon

  March 26, 2009 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Following the resignation of US President Richard Nixon, television talk show host David Frost wants to arrange a series of interviews with him to air on television.  Frost thinks the interviews will be compelling because Nixon never admitted any gu...

• Municipality hits the switch

  March 26, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  It’s lights off for Earth Hour 2009 Municipality of Jasper employees will switch off their lights and unplug their computers on Saturday, March 28 for an hour beginning at 8:30 p.m., in support of the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour.&n...

• Renewable heat

  March 26, 2009 - Author: DANIEL Z. JACOBS, REPORTER

  Municipality to offer incentives for green homes The Municipality of Jasper is moving towards a greener future by offering incentives for residents who wish to reduce their energy consumption drawn from the grid. ...

• Swimming to save lives

  March 26, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  Jasper represents in the water The Jasper River Dragons hit the water over the weekend at the Bonnie Doon Leisure Centre in Edmonton, coming in fourth out of 11 teams competing in the Provincial Pool Lifesaving Championships. ...