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The Jasper Adult Learning Centre. As 2016 comes to a close, Jasper’s business community is already feeling the financial pinch from the province’s plan to hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2018.

While the vast majority of residents thought life was good in Jasper, 14 per cent of respondents thought their quality of life had become worse over the past four years. Nineteen per cent of respondents thought things had improved. P. Clarke photo.

Winter is a time to connect with the great outdoors and find your inner adventurer. With all of the activities, programs and winter facilities Parks Canada has to offer in Jasper National Park there’s no reason to stay inside.

L ast weekend a fresh snowfall blanketed Jasper, covering up the gritty slush that had accumulated in the past few weeks and giving the whole town the feel of a fresh start. So it was for the Jasper PeeWee Bears.

Police charged three people for impaired driving Dec. 3. RCMP photo. Three people were charged for impaired driving on national impaired driving enforcement day, Dec. 3.

L ast weekend the Drayton Valley Stars came to town for a rematch against our Midget Bearcats. Their last meeting, in the first week of November, ended in a 7-5 setback for the boys from Jasper.

D ecember is often a month associated with over-indulging on the finer things in life, which is why the RCMP will be out in full force this month to stop people from drinking and driving. Please don't drink and drive. Creative Commons photo.

Dennis Stoesz and his wife Ila Gamblin settled down in Hinton in September, opening the region’s only flight school. K. Byrne photo.

Jasperite Moira McKinnon is at it again. She’ll be releasing her second children’s book on Dec. 10. Moira McKinnon will be launching her second book, Wood Lillies and Silly Billies, at the Jasper Municipal Library, Dec 10 at 3 p.m.

The Alpine Summit Seniors Lodge was packed with all sorts of people on Dec. 3 for the annual seniors’ cookie walk. The Alpine Summit Seniors Lodge hosted its annual cookie walk on Dec. 3. K.