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Marmot Basin has announced that today (March 17) will be its last day of the season. |File photo Marmot Basin is closing for the season. The Jasper ski hill announced today (Tuesday, March 17) that it will suspend operations.

Two new businesses have opened their doors in downtown Jasper. Brent Best (pictured) has opened Redpass Barber Co. and Jennifer Grey and Amanda Yagminas have opened Puur Athletics. | F.Dragon photos Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.

Jasper Activity Centre, Fitness and Aquatic Centre and Cultural Centre close at 5 p.m. today. | File photo Municipal facilities in Jasper are shutting down to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Effective today (Monday, March 16) at 5 p.m.

Jasper museum is calling for new board members ahead of its AGM this week. The museum is operated by the Jasper Yellowhead Historical Society, which currently has 12 board members and three vacancies.

Now there is evidence of community spread, Chief Medical Officer of Health for Alberta, Deena Hinshaw, said all schools in Alberta should close to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19. | F.

What do the movies, Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper, and The Brothers Bloom all have in common? The answer is elementary, my dear Watson. Rian Johnson wrote and directed them all for our entertainment.

Bands led by Celtic redheads, Rymestone and 0Stella, perform at Jasper Legion on St Patrick’s Day, March 17. | Supplied photo Fuchsia Dragon | [email protected] Get set for an all-Irish blowout at Jasper Legion this St Patrick’s Day.

Rebecca Margel | Special to the 51°µÍø The organization Body in Mind defines physical pain as ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage’.

The remainder of the 2019/20 season has been cancelled for Jasper minor hockey teams and Jasper Hockey League. | File photo Jasper Arena's last day of ice for the season will be Sunday, March 15.

"We are monitoring the situation on a daily basis and taking appropriate precautions," the ski hill said in a statement. Marmot Basin is still 'fully open for business' amid a wave of event cancellations in Canada over COVID-19 concerns.