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• Tattoo artist trades ink for oils

  January 28, 2010 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  What do you get when you mix a tattoo artist with European art from the 16th through 20th centuries? Ray Bartley’s art show at Coco’s Cafe. A local tattoo artist by day, Bartley has his easel set up waiting for those all important down tim...

• Jasperite lends aid to Haiti

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Sandra Hodge pauses during an interview to help pull a body from the rubble. Assessing the situation with her co-volunteers, she checks to see what assistance is needed before returning to the satellite phone. This has been just one aspect of the Jasperi...

• Crushing closure

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  School closures are community crushing decisions. Often the heart of the community, doubling as community centres and locations for public meetings, schools serve a greater purpose than a simple place to learn. They are locations were children grow and l...

• What if I were...

  January 28, 2010 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  Here’s a question for you: would you treat me differently if I was gay? Sitting in a local pub last week, I looked across the table and saw another human. A regular, warm-hearted, loving individual that has suffered the irrational, and hurtful fear...

• River Dragons return from Hinton on top

  January 28, 2010 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  The Jasper River Dragons finished third overall in the Hinton Junior Lifeguard Meet last weekend despite sending less than half the number of swimmers of their competition. ...

• Gymnasts post top three results in St. Albert

  January 28, 2010 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  The Jasper Gymnastics Club came home with a handful of medals and ribbons after a competition in St. Albert on January 16 and 17. The club took 13 girls who all performed well, including some who had never competed before and some club veterans. ...

• Into the rising sun

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JODI HAWKINS - Special to the Fitzhugh

  It started during that cold spell a few weeks ago, the allure to the Weeping Wall. Ice climbing became more intimidating to me than ever before. It would be a challenge just to stay warm, let alone make it up to the top of the climb. Ryan Titchener and...

• Alpine team races out of the gate

  January 28, 2010 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  The Jasper Alpine Ski Club had its most successful start in recent years after the club competed in three races in the province last weekend. The Nancy Greene ski league, which consists of skiers from five to 10 years old were in Edmonton. With 28 race...

• Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival registration open

  January 28, 2010 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  The Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival registration is open for all performers and artists until February 15. Participants can register in any category such as voice and handbells, band and instrumental, piano, fabric and arts, drawing, painting, sculpture,...

• Guitar trio comes to Valemount

  January 28, 2010 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  The Montreal Guitar Trio is another testament to the old adage that all good things come in threes. “If you want something boring and conventional, please don’t come. But, if you want a great evening and a new experience, come and see three...

• Firesmart moves into the home

  January 28, 2010 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  As Firesmart-Forestwise crews continue to work around Jasper to thin the forests and protect the town from a future wildfire, there will soon be ways residents can contribute to the protection of the town and their home. You don’t need to be holdin...

• Weekend aims to welcome gay community in Jasper

  January 28, 2010 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  With the inaugural Jasper Winter Pride weekend coming up (Feb. 5 -7), Jasperite Thomas Argue told his best friend about the events – his excitement and joy bursting from within. ...

• Ski club resurrected in Jasper

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  For the first time in more than a decade, Jasper has a cross-country ski club. New president Dave MacDowell has joined Dwain Wacko, Anne Williams, Loni Klettl, Gilbert Wall and Art Jackson to form a board of directors for the new club. ...

• Metis open for business in Wapiti Campground

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Brenda Holder slips a pair of muskrat mitts over her hands. They’ve got a few advantages over those sported at Marmot Basin, and keep her hands warm in the stove-heated tent. “They don’t freeze up and they’re waterproof,” ...

• What’s next for mining land?

  January 28, 2010 - Author: AMY WILSON-CHAPMAN, REPORTER

  The future use of the land currently being used by the Luscar and Gregg River mines was put on the table at a Jan. 27 open house in Hinton. Collaboratively organized by the two mining organizations and the department of sustainable resource development (...

• Dunster school faces closure; Valemount braces for cut

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Dunster Fine Arts elementary school is facing closure and Grade 7 students in Valemount could be moved to the Valemount Secondary School as part of a proposal that will allow the British Columbia School district No. 57 to cut millions of dollars from its ...

• Where the streets have new names: Jasper proposes several address changes

  January 28, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Several streets could receive new names in Jasper, as the municipality moves to improve emergency response in town. “This will standardize addressing in Jasper all at once,” said deputy fire chief Ron Stanko. Several streets will see name ch...

• January 28, 2010

  January 28, 2010 - Author: THE FITZHUGH

  Don’t let visitor experience trump wildlife I had a dream. There was an island. A paradise in a far eastern sea which was famous for its exotic birds and island wildlife. This is about the birds; parakeets, cockatoos, cuckoos, gerygones, kingfishe...

• Finding a new angle

  January 21, 2010 - Author: MATTHEW TIMMINS, PHOTOJOURNALIST

  As I stand on Second Bridge overlooking Maligne Canyon, I can hear the commands yelled from the rescue supervisor beside me as a Jasper National Park (JNP) safety specialist is lifted from the bottom of the canyon carrying a victim, found lying helpless a...

• On the defensive

  January 21, 2010 - Author: JUSTIN BRISBANE, EDITOR

  Facing increasing displeasure from the public about its sidewalk obstruction bylaw and snow removal policies, Jasper council launched a defensive at Tuesday’s council meeting. Ticketing residents for running extension cords across the sidewalk to en...