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Avalanche tales for one and all

Avalanche tales for one and all

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Chances are very good that people much prefer to hear about avalanches than to be trapped in them.
Superintendent talks infrastructure following recent announcement

Superintendent talks infrastructure following recent announcement

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter That bridge on Snaring Road sure has seen better days; those days are coming back for it. Supt. Alan Fehr confirmed that both the Snaring Road Bridge and the H.J.
Seniors Society 51°µÍø

Seniors Society 51°µÍø

Ann Thomas | Special to the 51°µÍø Welcome to your new Jasper Seniors Society 51°µÍø column, which will appear every two weeks courtesy of the 51°µÍø . We have a new executive to introduce.
ACFA Jasper’s annual pentathlon brings out the fun in sports

ACFA Jasper’s annual pentathlon brings out the fun in sports

Jason Stockfish | [email protected] The local branch of the Association Canadienne Française de l’Alberta (ACFA) hosted its annual Jasper Winter Pentathlon Hivernal at Mildred Lake on Feb. 4.
Air quality poorest during wildfires in 2022: WCAS

Air quality poorest during wildfires in 2022: WCAS

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For six out of the first 14 days of September 2022, Jasper’s air quality went above 80 micrograms of particulate matter sized 2.5 microns or less in width per cubic metre.
Busy as The Buzz

Busy as The Buzz

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The place, for lack of better phrasing, was as busy as a beehive.
Camping reservations opening soon with updated booking system

Camping reservations opening soon with updated booking system

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Parks Canada has announced that it will be launching reservations for the 2023 visitor season beginning March 13.
A barn burner of a game

A barn burner of a game

Lesleigh Campbell | Special to the 51°µÍø The U15 Jasper Bearcats hosted the Drayton Valley Outlaws this past weekend, in what proved to be the most intense hockey played in the Jasper Barn in quite some time.
Word from the Library: What’s happening at the library?

Word from the Library: What’s happening at the library?

Jasper Municipal Library staff Jan. 14 was Czech Storytime, and once a month, we have volunteers coming in to read for Storytime in a different language. Feb.
Magazine touts Alberta as one of world’s greatest aurora viewing spots

Magazine touts Alberta as one of world’s greatest aurora viewing spots

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The next time you look up to view the Northern Lights, you could be joined by a group of magazine readers.
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