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Jason Stockfish | [email protected] In a naturally-lit Quorum room, council met to discuss the power outage in Jasper caused by the Chetamon wildfire during their Sept. 6 meeting.

Scott Hayes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] The power is coming, and people need to be ready. Critical infrastructure sites have had their power restored after the Chetamon wildfire impacted the powerline to Jasper.

Scott Hayes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] With a growing number of bears frequenting the townsite, Parks Canada hopes to keep all two- and four-legged animals safe. It's a matter of managing two conflicting worlds.

Scott Hayes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] Jasper had more heat than usual over the summer. While it experiences an average of four days of +30 C temperatures each year, Aug.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] A B.C. man has been charged with second-degree murder in relation to a stabbing in Banff that left one dead. On Sept. 3, Banff RCMP responded to a 911 call at about 12:09 a.m.

Scott Hayes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] While the Municipality of Jasper lost power at 4 a.m. on Sept. 5, officials were already working to safely switch critical infrastructure to generator power by the afternoon.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] The Jasper townsite is undergoing a power outage due to the Chetamon wildfire, which is now estimated to be over 8,000 hectares in size.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper-raised Jayton Paul was named Sommelier of the Year at the 2022 Vancouver International Wine Festival earlier this year. Paul is currently the acting wine director at Published on Main in Vancouver, B.C.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] The Chetamon wildfire has spread to the ATCO powerline as of noon on Sunday with power briefly going out for about an hour in the evening. The wildfire began to impact power poles at around 2 p.m. At about 2:45 p.m.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] The Chetamon wildfire is not threatening the townsite at this time, but a power outage is possible, according to the Municipality of Jasper.