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R. Bray/Parks Canada photo While visiting Jasper last month, two-year-old Juno looked up at the sky and saw something she had only ever read about in books. For the first time in her life, she saw the stars.

Dear Editor, Me again. To say that I was disappointed when I saw Parks Canada’s announcement that it will continue to consider tent cabins at Maligne would be an understatement.

FloodIlama photo Most days, we at the 51°µÍø are a cynical, skeptical, thankless bunch.

Dear Editor, After spending a large part of my recent winters in Banff, enjoying the fine skiing Canada has to offer, last year I decided to come north and try Jasper’s hospitality and skiing.

A bull elk was shot and left for dead in the park last month. It was found completely intact, just outside of town, off of Highway 16 West.

Nature has a powerful healing quality.

Dear Editor, A big shout out to all involved in putting together the second annual Jasper Folk Music Fest.

At least twice a day the 51°µÍø office receives a call informing us that we have won a prize.

Dear Editor, Now that the new school is occupied and close to being complete—and I am sure close to being on budget—I thought to be fair it was time to say a few words in defence of the architects and contractors building our new library. . . .

Dear Editor, Brewster’s Glacier Skywalk is an abomination, an eyesore, a Parks Canada mistake. Whatever you want to call it, the pathetic attempt to privatize a few hundred meters of cliff band serviced by taxpayer-funded highway is a disgrace.