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For $25 anyone can buy a square foot of the roof. Of course, donors are welcome to buy more if they so desire. Joe Couture, historian for the museum society, notes that donors will not get their name on a shingle but they will get a tax receipt.

The Signal Mountain shoulder and Maligne wildlife corridors are important animal habitats, said Marcia Dewandel, product development officer for Jasper National Park. In spring, elk calving occurs in the area.

“I came here with a sense of roots already, which allowed me to right away focus on making a living, rather than focusing on coming to a new country,” he said.

On his blog, The Outside Out, Thoni wrote that he and his teammates knew they were well suited for the event, but they figured it was “a long shot to get in.

Starting bright and early on Friday, March 1, snow kept stacking up in Jasper until the morning hours on Sunday, March 3. Accumulating up to 60 cm in some areas, this was the largest snowfall of the 2012/13 season.

Pennies for Jasper museum roof For the month of February, École Desrochers students in Jasper collected pennies to donate to the Jasper-Yellowhead Historical Society’s Repair the Roof Fund.

Four hundred people at the Activity Centre enjoyed a succulent turkey dinner prepared by chef Diane Johnston and countless parent and student volunteers.

According to John Wilmshurst, acting resource conservation manager for JNP, there is DNA evidence that proves caribou have been living in the park boundary area for thousands of years. “Woodland caribou are what they call a meta-population.

“While there was never a number attached to what you could receive, it was an incentive for people to donate,” said Garrah. “I think the fact that the province was offering supplemental donation did result in people openly donating.

While surrounded by maps, Google Earth images of his route and handwritten notes breaking down where he’ll be each day of the trip, Van Tighem said he chose Highway 93 because of Jasper’s sister city relationship with Wickenburg—the