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• Conservation officer rescues five elk from icy water

  April 26, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Using only an axe and an aluminum boat, Greg Slatter saved five female elk from an icy trap 5 kilometres west of Pocohontas Campground on April 1. The elk had broken through the four-inch-thick ice of a half-frozen pond, leaving them stuck in two holes &...

• A credit to their sacrifice

  April 26, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  When I dropped by the legion on Monday afternoon to cast my ballot in the provincial election, I felt –  as I always do when I participate in the democratic process – a sense of warmth in my heart. It might sound goofy, but I genuinely fe...

• Council gets tour of library project in process

  April 26, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Councillors and members of the library board wandered through the concrete skeleton of the new library and cultural centre last week, to get a feel for the new space. Construction of the nearly $8-million renovation and expansion project began in Novembe...

• Hinton council briefs from April 17

  April 26, 2012 - Author: LYNDA GEYMONAT - Hinton Reporter

  National Volunteer Week April 15-21 was declared National Volunteer Week by Mayor Ian Duncan. “Volunteers are young, old, families, workers, retirees, men and women of all ages and backgrounds,” Duncan said. ...

• Parks Canada mulls controversial Amethyst Lodge redevelopment

  April 26, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Dozens of people packed into a Parks Canada boardroom last Thursday as the federal agency heard cases for and against the planned demolition and redevelopment of the Amethyst Lodge. ...

• The Bitterweed Draw to hit Jasper on first cross-country tour

  April 26, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Calgary’s The Bitterweed Draw, a six-member country, bluegrass and honky-tonk band with an hint of rock and roll, is set to hit Jasper next week as part of a cross-Canada tour. “We’re pretty upbeat, fast-paced – lots of guitar sol...

• Phantom flushes floated as washroom tank fills fast

  April 26, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  The sewage tank is filling up a fair bit faster than the municipality expected over at the new public washrooms on Connaught Drive, causing the director of culture and recreation to worry what will happen this summer. ...

• Caribou Joe & the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific - Episode 30 - Trap-line Stew

  April 26, 2012 - Author: LEONARD FRAZER - Special to the Fitzhugh

  What you got in here Sandy?” asked Joe. He was referring to the bowl of soup the trapper had just served. The first thing Sandy did on their return to the cabin was to get the fire started and to heat up the large cast-iron cooking pot that was alre...

• Encouraged by engagement

  April 26, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  It’s impossible to say for sure what shifted Albertans away from the Wildrose party at the last minute, but several factors seem likely. For weeks, the upstart party had been leading in public opinion polls, usually by double-digit margins. Survey ...

• Parking zone sees 25 per cent of bylaw violations

  April 26, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  A quarter of Jasper’s recent bylaw enforcement has been taking place at 611 Patricia St., where parking is limited to five minutes for commercial tour buses dropping off and picking up passengers.  “The constant complaint we get is &lsqu...

• ‘Freedom Riders’ protest train plans stop in Jasper

  April 26, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Jasper will be the first stop for a coalition of First Nations opposed to the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline as they make their way by train from British Columbia to Toronto to protest the proposed project. Dubbed the “Freedom Riders Train...

• National Park News April 26

  April 26, 2012 - Author: PARKS CANADA

  Spring wildlife update Wolves and coyotes have been active on the bench over the past week and have killed several deer and elk. They are utilizing the ice on Pyramid and Patricia Lakes as well as the forested areas. There have not been any recent encoun...

• IN BRIEF - April 26, 2012

  April 26, 2012 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Fitzhugh under new ownership The Fitzhugh has a new owner. Municipality receives clean audit Council was presented with a clean audit report April 17, which it then unanimously accepted. Arena spectators causing a ruckus  Abusive language f...

• Campbell wins West Yellowhead, Tories win majority

  April 26, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Robin Campbell was re-elected in West Yellowhead and his Progressive Conservative Party cruised to a 12th consecutive majority government Monday evening, defying polls and pundits who speculated just hours earlier that the 41-year Tory dynasty in Alberta ...

• Jasper residents query candidates

  April 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Questions about health care, provincial finances and the fate of Jasper's new high school dominated the questions at a candidates forum attended by more than 80 people at the Royal Canadian Legion on Wednesday night. The two-hour forum, organized by the ...

• Former JPL employees reunite

  April 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Current and former employees of Jasper Park Lodge will gather together this weekend for a reunion commemorating the resort’s 90th year. Like any other reunion, it will be filled with memories, laughs and plenty of reminiscing.  Cheryl Johnsto...

• Go Girl empowers young women

  April 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  There was a feeling of intense girl power in Jasper over the weekend, with 115 girls aged 11 to 15 kicking butt in a variety of physical activities.  There were girls throwing intense punches and kicks in a boxing workshop; racing up to the top of t...

• Alberta Votes 2012

  April 19, 2012 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Throughout the provincial election campaign, the Fitzhugh has put a series of policy questions to each of the candidates and published the responses we receive in order to give readers a better understanding of where each candidate stands when it com...

• Building Knowledge hopes to continue doing just that

  April 19, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  A gala event in Jasper next week will help build new classrooms in Myanmar through a local non-profit organization called Building Knowledge. The organization is relatively small but through the efforts of co-founders Sandra Hodge and Gilly Thomas, it ha...

• A return engagement for Stuart and the Hearts

  April 19, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  In preparation for a busy spring and summer and an upcoming show with Ron Sexsmith in Edmonton, Jeff Stuart and the Hearts are heading back to Jasper this weekend. The six-piece folk band was last here in November, following the release of its second alb...