The new manager at the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives may be just what the doctor ordered.   Saskatchewan’s Rob Hubick has been on the job since April 3. A marketer with business acumen, he’s been looking for a way back into the museum industry since leaving the Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, where he was executive director a few years ago and “regretting it.” “What better place to ...

  Matt Staneland’s hands are going to spend more time on the handlebars and less time on the reins as the Jasper Park Cycling Association (JPCA) rolls on with a new president. On May 28 the JPCA elected Manu Loir-mongazon its new president at their annual general meeting. Staneland’s tenure started when the group was formed in 2012 and ends as the next phase of work on the technical bike park proposed ...

The Jasper Trail Alliance (JTA) has some big plans for 2017. Last week the non-profit group revealed its 2017 work plan, which includes 25 projects throughout the three-valley confluence. To date only 13 of the projects have been approved by Parks Canada, however Loni Klettl, leader of the JTA, is confident Parks will approve the rest of them soon. “We want to have some different projects that will hopefull ...

The world is a meaner place since the first community garage sale in support of Mountains of Relief, the local charity replacing a school flattened by an earthquake in the mountains of Nepal two years ago. President Donald Trump’s executive orders should not be any surprise to anyone who is aware of his Twitter habits, which appear to be anchored in starting fights over breakfast. They appeal to his very sc ...

Beer tippers rejoice – in less than three weeks hundreds of people are expected to descend on Valemount for its inaugural craft beer festival, June 17. Officially known as the vALEmount Craft Beer Experience, the event will be held at the Valemount Airport with nine breweries, wineries and cider houses from across the region on hand to quench people’s thirst from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. According to Michael Lewis ...

Jasper’s taste for craft beer is about to get a new addition thanks to Folding Mountain Brewing. The brand new brewery, located just outside of the east gate, is in the final throes of construction and hopes to pour its first pint by the end of June. The brewery is the brainchild of business partners Jason Griffiths and Aric Johnson, who grew up together in Hinton and were college roommates in Calgary. Duri ...

The municipality announced Wednesday it plans to install traffic cameras at a number of locations in the coming weeks. “As part of its Transportation Master Plan development, the Municipality of Jasper will be installing traffic cameras at a number of locations in Jasper in the coming weeks, with the purpose of collecting data at key intersections and parking lots,” the release from legislative services coo ...

  Working for Parks Canada this summer was supposed to be Christine Westall’s dream, but a week into her new job the Ontario native is already heading home disappointed by the way she was treated. The 26-year-old first applied to work for Parks Canada as a visitor services attendant in February. By mid-March she was interviewed for the position and by April she received a confirmation email that she ha ...

More than 12 months after first proposing two new housing developments, the Jasper Community Housing Corporation (JCHC) has updated its plans.   The plan now includes the possibility of developing two new parcels of land near Bear Hill Lodge and redeveloping the land where the RCMP detachment is currently located. The detachment is slated to be rebuilt beside the Sawridge Inn and Conference Centre within th ...

  Organizers for Canada Day are sounding the alarm after learning they will have to do more with less this year. “I’m feeling various shades of disappointment,” said Pattie Pavlov, general manager for the Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce. “We were unsuccessful on the federal grant application and we have just been advised that we were unsuccessful on the Canada-Alberta Canada150 application.” The commit ...