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• Library project now $1 million over budget

  June 28, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Contractors have uncovered surprise after surprise in the old library building, causing the budget for the library and cultural centre to increase to $8.5 million – a million dollars over the original project budget.  “In discussions wit...

• Students get hands-on bird-banding lesson

  June 28, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Grade 2 students from Jasper Elementary School got a chance to see how scientists keep an eye on bird populations across North America during a field trip on June 22. The kids spent the morning learning how Parks Canada staff and volunteers set up nets, ...

• Plenty of ways to wish Canada a happy birthday

  June 28, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  There will be no shortage of things to do this Sunday, as Jasper celebrates Canada’s 145th birthday.  The festivities begin early with the municipality’s 20th annual pancake breakfast. ...

• Photography exhibit finds beauty in decay

  June 28, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  It was to be their last visit to the scrap yard – the last of many over a six-year span. They just needed one more photo to complete the series that would soon don the walls of the Gallery at Milner in the Edmonton Public Library. It was a Sunday a...

• Caribou Joe & the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific - Episode 36 - The Lost Colony

  June 28, 2012 - Author: LEONARD FRAZER - Special to the Fitzhugh

  At Croydon, Sam and Joe told their sad story of how the Ruth-Ann had been bashed  against a jagged rock as they rounded a bend in the river. They described how they swam for their lives, unable to save any cargo or gear except the biscuit tin and bla...

• New ad highlights hypocrisy

  June 28, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  The fact that the Conservative Party of Canada released its first television attack ad against NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair this week is not particularly newsworthy. A few years ago, the fact that these kinds of ads were being launched by the governing party...

• Council news in brief

  June 28, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  One more vote on $3.6-million loan guarantee Second reading of a bylaw amendment authorizing a loan guarantee of up to $3.6 million for Caribou Creek Non-Profit Housing Limited was passed by council June 19. ...

• Rain, rising waters wreak havoc in Valemount

  June 28, 2012 - Author: DANIEL BETTS - Valley Sentinel Editor

  The Village of Valemount declared a local state of emergency on June 24 in response to rapidly rising waters in Swift Creek that swallowed a storage cabin and forced the evacuation of several homes. The cabin, sitting atop a high ledge, fell into the chu...

• IN BRIEF - June 28, 2012

  June 28, 2012 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Flooding puts squeeze on campground spaces There may be 350 fewer campsites than usual during the busy Canada Day long weekend in Jasper as both the Snaring River Campground and Snaring River Overflow camping area could be closed due to flooding. Discov...

• Learning aboriginal culture through play

  June 28, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  As part of National Aboriginal Day activities last week, students at Jasper Elementary School took part in a variety of traditional First Nations games. “That’s my job in the schools – to incorporate aboriginal culture into the schools ...

• June 28, 2012

  June 28, 2012 - Author: THE FITZHUGH

  Patricia Circle residents ‘backed into a corner’ Dear Editor, I am writing this letter in regards to the re-development of Patricia Circle. I am a former Jasperite who grew up in the north end of the circle and I still consider it my home. M...

• Passenger rail cuts expected, but VIA won’t confirm

  June 21, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  VIA Rail is said to be planning service cuts for a number of its routes, including the Canadian, which passes through Jasper. “VIA Rail Canada has to reduce its service to meet the federal budget and one of the services that could get reduced is th...

• Reacting sensibly to tragedy

  June 21, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  In the first week of August 2009, eight Canadians drowned. That number might sound high, but it actually isn’t all that unusual, especially for a summer week that includes a long weekend. What made this spate of water-related deaths out of the ordi...

• ‘Top-calibre’ fastball hits Jasper July 6-8

  June 21, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Some of Alberta’s top fastball players will be in Jasper July 6-8 to compete for the provincial title.  “It’s players that have been playing all of their life. You’ve got some pitchers that have played on the national team an...

• Lions look to elect first female international vice-president

  June 21, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  The Jasper Lions Club is being encouraged to sign up new members in order to qualify the district to nominate a female candidate for vice-president of the club’s international arm. “Dr. Patti Hill is attempting to run for second-vice-presiden...

• Sustainability club brings presentation home

  June 21, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Jasper got a taste of what the Sustainability Club for Youth is made of June 14, during the group’s year-end gala at the train station. It was the first time the club has presented in front of a hometown crowd, so Grade 11 student Joshua Scott took...

• Learning to preserve history

  June 21, 2012 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, EDITOR

  Restoration of the Jasper Municipal Library is more than a construction project, it’s an opportunity for local tradesmen to gain specialized knowledge from contractors who frequently work on heritage buildings.  This was especially evident las...

• Plenty of info in, little out

  June 21, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Information is power, it is said. If you have any doubts about that, just look at the extraordinary steps various arms of the federal government are taking in order to control the flow of information – both in and out. It was revealed this week tha...

• Court news from June 14

  June 21, 2012 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Accused murderer free on bail The accused in Jasper’s first murder case in decades has been released on bail. Cody Kyle Jensen is charged with second-degree murder in relation to the stabbing death of Kenzie John Beaton at the Tonquin Inn on Jan. ...

• National Park News June 21

  June 21, 2012 - Author: PARKS CANADA

  Pyramid Lake loons Loons have returned to nest on the artificial island built by Parks Canada in the outlet bay of Pyramid Lake. ...