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• Landfill closure long overdue

  July 30, 2009 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  It’s about time. Parks Canada this week announced it will put an end to commercial open pit dumping at the Jasper Transfer station, hopefully spelling the beginning of the end to the last open dump in a national park in the country. Open pit dumping ac...

• Dump to close: Parks

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  No more commercial unsorted waste for the Jasper Transfer Station Despite no community consultation, the mixed-waste dump section of the Jasper Transfer Station will be closed to commercial users this September. The closure will not affect residential w...

• Young Jasperites save cliff jumper’s life

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  For four young Jasperites, Monday was just another sunny day to go cliff jumping at Horseshoe Lake south of Jasper. That was until they saw a 27-year-old Edmonton man land awkwardly in the water after jumping off of a 65-foot cliff. An ominous sign. ...

• Abandoned kittens tell a heartbreaking story

  July 30, 2009 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  A local vet clinic is pleading with cat owners to neuter or spay their pets after two six-week old seal-point Siamese kittens were dumped at the Jasper Veterinary Clinic on Friday, July 17. ...

• Lost falcon rides rails to Jasper

  July 30, 2009 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  In a bizarre turn of events, a baby peregrine falcon apparently travelled from Edmonton to Jasper by train. On June 30, the young female bird of prey was banded with a ribbon on its leg, along with its siblings, at the age of about 25 days old by an Albe...

• Grizzly with cubs closes trail

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  The Opal Hills Trail, near Maligne Lake, will likely be closed for the next month due to a female grizzly bear and her cubs, according to Parks Canada. “We close the trail to protect the public and give the bears the space that they need,” sa...

• Roadkill removal results in fine

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  A Jasper resident was fined on Thurdsay for picking up road kill from the side of Highway 16 and putting it in his trunk. ...

• No discount for developer

  July 30, 2009 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Skyline loft subsidy denied A local developer’s request for a reduction of his offsite levy fees because of environmentally friendly features in his condo development has been denied. ...

• All in a days work: A nine minute rescue at 12,000 ft.

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  Nine minutes. That’s how long it took Steve Blake, Jasper National Parks manager of public safety, to win a 2009 Parks Canada Chief Executive Officer Award of excellence. Nine minutes, at around 12,700 ft, where Blake was hanging in a sling from a ...

• Valemount construction brings hope and doubt

  July 30, 2009 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  The Valemount revitalization project is on schedule, and according to the Village of Valemount, should be finished by early September. Chief Administrative Officer Doug Fleming said that they are well advanced on the water main replacement and should be ...

• Quick end to via rail strike

  July 30, 2009 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Via rail workers are back on the job after a two-day strike shut down rail service across the country Friday (July 24). ...

• Local coffee shop featured on Travelscope

  July 30, 2009 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  An American travel television show has featured the Snowdome Laundromat / Coffee Bar in an upcoming episode on the Rocky Mountains. The PBS station’s popular travel show Travelscope will be featuring Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper in the second epis...

• Rodeo coming to town

  July 30, 2009 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Jasper will take on a distinctively ranch flavour from August 11 to 15 with the return of the Jasper Heritage Rodeo. The rodeo is the only such event held in a National Park, and many of the events will take place at the Jasper Activity Centre. ...

• Glacial and floral beauty come together at Cavell meadows

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  Camille Senechal, a 13-year-old Parisian boy, sits down and takes a break on the Cavell Meadows Trails. Staring at the giant mountain in front of him, he angles his camera for the best possible perspective.  ...

• A hard day’s night

  July 30, 2009 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  Source for Sports wins 24 Hrs Blood, sweat and tears.  That sums up this year’s 24 Hours of Adrenalin in Canmore over the weekend, as Jasper solo riders and relay teams had strong performances, with the Source for Sports men’s team lead...

• Follow the leader

  July 30, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  As I wandered around the secret garden tour of Jasper a couple weekends ago, I was continuously surprised with the wealth of colour, and the abundance of vegetables that filled the yards of so many Jasper homes. I remember well a Canadian telling me once...

• July 30, 2009

  July 30, 2009 - Author: THE FITZHUGH

  Dogs in Cars: A deadly combination As the temperature climbs so does the number of calls the Alberta SPCA receives about dogs being found in dangerously hot cars.  On a hot day the inside of a car can reach 50ºC in as little as ten minutes. In...

• Four rescues in a week

  July 23, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  Despite an unusually slow start to the season, Jasper’s search and rescue teams have had a busy week with four rescues in the last seven days. ...

• Biker found after nine hour search

  July 23, 2009 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  After a nine-hour search and rescue mission, a 33-year-old man from the Hinton area was found safe on Tuesday afternoon near Fiddle Pass. ...

• Terry Fox run in jeopardy

  July 23, 2009 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  For the first time in 23 years, the Jasper Terry Fox Run is in jeopardy. With no organizers stepping up from the community, the annual cancer research fundraiser run that has raised more than $450 million to date across the country in hundreds of communi...