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• Technology or the outdoors? I say both

  October 27, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  I love technology, I love the outdoors, and I think the two go quite well together. I enjoyed a lovely little example of that earlier this month as I hiked The Whistlers on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The view from up there, above the tramway station, is re...

• Exploring Jasper with Survivorman

  October 27, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  A couple from rural Nova Scotia got to experience the natural wonders of Jasper National Park last week alongside one of Canada’s most well known outdoors specialists – Les Stroud of the television show Survivorman. ...

• With tiering over, the work begins

  October 27, 2011 - Author: JOHN WILMSHURST - Special to the Fitzhugh

  The Jasper Atom Bears finished up the pre-season schedule last weekend with a tie and a win in a two-game home stand against two regional rivals the team can expect to see in the regular season. ...

• Campaigns underway as B.C. prepares to vote

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  With municipal elections in British Columbia drawing nearer, the Fitzhugh will be running a series of candidate profiles in the coming weeks to let people across the region know what’s going on and help our readers in Valemount and McBride make an i...

• From the TIFF to the Chaba comes The Debt

  October 27, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  For the past 11 years, the Jasper Film Club has been bringing movies from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to present to local audiences, and next month it will continue the tradition with a screening of the espionage thriller The Debt. ...

• A brief brush with Brussels

  October 27, 2011 - Author: PAUL & LORIE BENNETT - Special to the Fitzhugh

  Heading to Moscow for the cruise we wrote about in the Sept. 8 edition of the Fitzhugh, we’re routed through Brussels, capital of a country we’ve not yet visited. After flying from Vancouver overnight to London, a six-hour Heathrow wait, then...

• Getting intimate with George Canyon

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Canadian country star George Canyon is scheduled to wow Jasperites with an intimate show Friday night, as part of a tour to promote his sixth studio album, released earlier this year. The show will be taking place at the Sawridge Inn and Conference Centr...

• Guroovin’ in Jasper

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Need a little funk in your life? How about some reggae? Or rock? Or ‘Guroove’? Well tonight’s the night to get your fix. ...

• Volunteers help lighten the load for library staff

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Volunteers flooded through the doors of the Jasper Municipal Library when it closed two weeks ago, lightening the load for library staff as they made the transition into their temporary home. “We would just leave the door open and people walk in an...

• Cookin’ with ‘Sner leads to cooking show contract

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  With a white apron fastened around his waist, a dish towel tucked into the right side and another over his left shoulder, Shaun Werbicki mechanically chopped vegetables as he recounted the tale of his first cooking show. ...

• Hinton Council Briefs from Oct. 18

  October 27, 2011 - Author: LYNDA GEYMONAT - Hinton Reporter

  RCMP costs up six per cent Coun. Jane Macridis questioned Dan Pagely, director of community, corporate and protective services, about a $70,000 increase to the current budget for Hinton’s RCMP service.  ...

• Training aimed at reducing impact of suicide

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Suicidal behaviour is more common than most people think, but very few people know how to prevent it, so Hinton’s Family and Community Support Services is hosting a two-day workshop to help change that. ...

• Caribou Joe & the Building of the Grand Trunk Pacific - Episode 5 - Riding the Rails

  October 27, 2011 - Author: LEONARD FRAZER - Special to the Fitzhugh

  Joe’s first impulse, after departing from Curly’s outhouse, was to head over to the Shuswap Indian settlement just north of Mile 49. He could follow the Fraser River downstream, to the Ram Pasture, where his horses were kept. Or, he could hide...

• Engine generates debate

  October 27, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  The model steam engine donated to Jasper by John Forabosco was recently installed at its new location next to the old fire hall, and we must say it looks quite good there. It was an instant hit with passersby, too. Within hours of the installation numerou...

• Model engine in place but location will be reviewed

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  If you’ve been walking down Patricia Street lately, you might have noticed an addition to the greenspace next to the old fire hall – a kid-sized model steam engine. The model was donated to the municipality by John Forabosco and was installed...

• National Park News October 27

  October 27, 2011 - Author: PARKS CANADA

  Habituated Coyote Destroyed Sadly, Parks Canada staff was forced to destroy a coyote last Wednesday after it brazenly walked into Centennial Park at noon, wandered past the playground, then lay down in the middle of the soccer field. The coyote had been ...

• IN BRIEF - October 27, 2011

  October 27, 2011 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  Collision sends two to hospital A dirt bike carrying two men in their 20s collided with a parked car on Patricia Street in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, leaving both in serious but stable condition, according to police.  Attempted break-in on...

• The Rub on Bear Rub Trees

  October 27, 2011 - Author: NIKI WILSON - On Science

  As I sit in front of the computer screen in park ecologist Brenda Shepherd’s office, she scrolls through photo after photo of bears rubbing on trees. This summer she and her team set up remote cameras at bear rub trees on Jasper’s north and so...

• Jasper through a Northerner’s eyes

  October 20, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  I’m sure all of you are absolutely exhausted with our hellos and good-byes here at the Fitzhugh, so I’ll keep mine brief.  Hi! I’m Nicole. The new Annalee. ...

• Various activities planned for ‘Take Me Outside Day’

  October 20, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  As Colin Harris wraps up a 7,600-kilometre run later this month as part of his “Take Me Outside” initiative, students in Jasper and across the country will join him in spending some quality time in the vast Canadian outdoors, which he describe...