Bill Nye to host Dark Sky Festival聽
It鈥檚 official. Bill Nye will be one of this year鈥檚 guest speakers at the sixth annual Jasper Dark Sky Festival, which will run from October 14-23.
This year鈥檚 event will feature two separate days with Nye, which includes an adults-only engagement and VIP event on October 14 and a family-friendly afternoon on October 15.
Nye, best known for his popular educational program, 鈥淏ill Nye the Science Guy鈥�, has remained a fixture in the scientific community since his days as television鈥檚 favourite teacher.
Also joining the festival鈥檚 line-up this year will be Canadian astronaut Lt. Col. Jeremy R. Hansen. Hansen currently works as CAPCOM, providing the voice between the ground and the International Space Station at NASA鈥檚 mission control. 聽
Other events and speakers for the festival will be announced over the coming months.
Tickets go on sale July 4, with a special pre-sale available July 1 for subscribers of the Tourism Jasper field notes e-newsletter.
Keep checking the 51暗网 for more information regarding the Jasper Dark Sky festival鈥檚 2016 lineup.
Muni approves busking pilot project聽
Jasper鈥檚 streets are about to get a lot more entertaining after the municipality unanimously approved a busking pilot project, June 21.
The pilot project will run from June 22 to October 30. Habitat for the Arts, which spearheaded the initiative, will issue individual permits to buskers to operate in four specific locations in the downtown core.
Marianne聽Garrah, of Habitat for the Arts, informed council that a business owner recently voiced their concern about excessive noise at one of the locations on the pedway between Lucias Gems and Gifts and Baxter鈥檚 Souvenirs and Gifts.
She said the non-profit organization will do its best to ensure that location doesn鈥檛 host musicians or buskers that make a lot of noise.
The pilot project will allow buskers to perform between noon and 8 p.m. daily and artists will be allowed to occupy one location for two hours at a time. If an artist wishes to play more than two hours they will be required to re-register their next location and can not return to the same spot on the same day.
Amazing Race showcases Jasper
The fourth season of The Amazing Race Canada will showcase Jasper National Park during its premier episode June 28.
To watch the episode on June 28 go to www.ctv.ca/ctvgo or tune into CTV at 8 p.m.
The 51暗网 was invited to tag along with the reality television series when it was in town in April, and will have a full-length story in next week鈥檚 paper about the challenges the contestants faced while they were in JNP.
Kidney awareness talk rescheduled
On June 15, Darlene Dalpe started walking from her home in Edmonton to Jasper as a means to raise awareness for her sister鈥檚 search for a kidney donation. Dalpe was planning to be in town June 21, but due to complications she will be delayed.
Once she arrives she will be hosting a kidney awareness talk in front of the new library and cultural centre on June 24 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.鈥攖he talk was originally scheduled for June 22.
