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• IN BRIEF - January 26, 2012

  January 26, 2012 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Derailment near Hinton just one of three One Canadian National employee was hospitalized following a train derailment north of Hinton last week and the incident was followed by two subsequent derailments elsewhere in Alberta. Man killed in Hinton crash ...

• The world beneath the snow

  January 26, 2012 - Author: NIKI WILSON - On Science

  While bushwhacking with friends in east Jasper National Park over the holidays, I almost stepped on a fat little brown vole weaving its way through what was left of a series of tunnels it had built under the snow earlier in the winter. The wind and rain h...

• Disabled athlete focuses on dream climb

  January 19, 2012 - Author: LYNN MARTEL - Special to the Fitzhugh

  Climbing, says Remy Bernier, gets him out of his chair.   Bernier’s chair, unfortunately, is the wheelchair he’s been confined to since he suffered a massive brain hemorrhage in 2006. At the time, he was a happily married active and pass...

• Hinton residents talk budget issues over coffee

  January 19, 2012 - Author: LYNDA GEYMONAT - Hinton Reporter

  Municipal operating and capital budgets may not fan the flames of passion but, on Jan. 9, about a dozen concerned and informed citizens hashed out the pros and cons of these financial documents at the Old Grind in Hinton. Among them was Lorraine MacKay, ...

• Worm your way into a book

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Although there seems to be a week or a day for everything, Family Literacy Day is one that I can truly get behind. Some of my favourite memories as a kid were when my dad would sit in bed with me and read Roald Dahl books. I would be all snuggled in, pyj...

• Jasper gymnasts net a dozen medals in St. Albert

  January 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Members of  the Jasper Gymnastics Club returned from a competition in St. Albert over the weekend with some extra gold, silver and bronze around their necks. All in all, the team brought home 12 medals across several disciplines, five of them belong...

• Bears Hit Midseason Stride

  January 19, 2012 - Author: JOHN WILMSHURST - Special to the Fitzhugh

  Being a hockey parent is a bit like delivering the mail: you have to carry your charges through sleet and ice and dread of night. This weekend was no different as the parents of the Jasper Atom Bears braved the skating rink, also known as Highway 43, to ...

• Robson Valley property values decreasing

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Assessed property values in the Robson Valley are decreasing by between eight and 15 per cent in 2012. The overall decrease for homes in Valemount and McBride equates to about $15 million, with the assessment roll dropping to $172 million from $187 milli...

• Jasper set to celebrate literacy

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Jasper is gearing up to celebrate Family Literacy Day, with all kinds of events planned to get people excited about reading, writing and critically thinking. Family Literacy Day is an event that is celebrated each year on Jan. 27. ...

• Local groups receive $10,000 in cash and groceries

  January 19, 2012 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Robinsons Foods doled out $10,000 in donations to 15 local organizations last week, part of its annual charitable giving within Jasper. While the grocery store has been supporting local clubs, sports teams and other groups for many years, it used to dona...

• Alberta's best at Marmot Basin mogul course

  January 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Alberta’s top mogul skiers, including several alumni of the Jasper Freeride club, spent six days training at Marmot Basin last week as they prepared for this season’s competitive tour. It’s actually unusual for the Alberta Mogul Team to...

• Irish connection makes musicians ‘fast friends’

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  When Stephen Fearing and Andy White met at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1998, Fearing intended to just say “Hi.” “Often at those festivals, that’s about all you say, ‘Hey man. I really like your music,’ and that&rsquo...

• Seattle trip offers opportunities for high school band

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Before Jasper’s high school band can go on a trip of a lifetime this spring, they need money, so they’re “fundraising like it’s going out of style.” “Any way we can raise money and give back to the community as well, t...

• Small donations add up to big things for museum

  January 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Money may be tight at the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives but a series of recent donations has come as a big help. “We’ve had a lot of quiet, individual donations ... and those ones are the most valuable to us,” said museum manage...

• Peter Amann discusses the mountain life

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Peter Amann moved to Jasper in 1974 and has been a mountain guide in the area for nearly 30 years. During a Jasper in January presentation Monday evening, Amann showed photos and told stories of his many climbs, hikes and adventures. ...

• Light up the ice for charity

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Skate under the stars on a frozen lake surrounded by luminaries and help out the Jasper Food Bank, Jan. 29, during the second annual Moonlight Charity Skate at Mildred Lake. The event was originally scheduled for Jan. 22, but because of the frigid cold we...

• ‘Hockey for Hope’ to further support Brittany’s recovery

  January 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  It’s been nine weeks since Brittany Howelko fell while snowboarding at Marmot Basin, leaving her in a coma for several weeks. It’s been five weeks since she was transferred from Edmonton to a hospital in Winnipeg, to be closer to her family. ...

• Winter Pentathlon returns for third year in Jasper

  January 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Dozens of competitors will attempt to bike, ski, run, snowshoe and skate their way to victory as Jasper’s third annual Winter Pentathlon returns this Saturday, Jan. 21. Organizer Jocelyn Nadeau said the event is modelled after the famous Pentathlon...

• Caribou Joe & the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific - Episode 16 - A Chance Encounter

  January 19, 2012 - Author: LEONARD FRAZER - Special to the Fitzhugh

  Earlier that same day Caribou Joe had saddled up at the Ram Pasture near Tête Jaune Cache. The time had come for another haul down to Thompson Crossing. Joe picked up his pack-boxes and other gear necessary for the two-day journey. Also, Joe met up with ...

• Outsourced storytelling

  January 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  The Canadian Press (CP) reported this week that Parks Canada has hired a Toronto-based marketing firm at a cost of nearly $400,000 to help promote the federal agency to Canadians. How did the newswire service find out about this? Through an Access to Inf...