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Submitted photo With a milestone birthday fresh in his mind and society telling him to grow up, Sean Burns packed up his guitar, his band and his bags for a week and a half on the road.

You’ve probably never heard of it; you can’t smell it or taste it or see it, but radon gas is in your house. In fact, radon is in just about every house, and most of the time it’s harmless.

Parks Canada photo An exciting and important partnership initiative is occurring in Jasper National Park.

Carrie White photo When given the opportunity to publicly question the proposal to develop a 66-room hotel at Maligne Lake, Nov. 27, Jasperites didn’t shy away.

Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives photo It’s been 90 years since the Jasper Curling Club first emerged in Jasper, and no one knows its history better than former member, and collector of memorabilia, Sandy Robinson.

Creative Commons photo In the past six months, the Foothills Research Institute found three of its collared research bears shot and killed.

N. Veerman photo Sporting different hairstyles and extravagant outfits each time, Mychol Ormandy, as his alter ego Toni Lester Van Blam, performed three of Cher’s greatest hits at the Jasper Legion, Nov. 30.

Creative Commons photo Brian Kearnan was heading out for a walk early this October when his dogs started barking and pulled him toward a tree behind his house. He looked up and was surprised to have his gaze met by the masked face of a raccoon.

G. Horne photo There’s a fungus slowly spreading across North America, and it’s wreaking havoc on the continent’s bat populations. Even though it hasn’t yet reached Alberta, Parks Canada is taking precautions.

N. Veerman photo Local thespians will bring Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the stage, Dec. 13.