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• Belfast, Islamabad, Baghdad, Lagos and now Jasper

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Two years after Jasper’s long-time town manager announced his retirement, the date for his departure has been set and a successor has been chosen.  After one month of training, George Krefting will relinquish his duties to Peter Waterworth at ...

• Mother knows best

  November 24, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  During her last visit to Jasper, my mom and I were walking down Connaught Drive when she stopped, took a good look around, and remarked to me: “This is just like Banff used to be.” She should know. As a university student in the 1960s, my mom...

• Saturday shopping in Hinton supports shelter

  November 24, 2011 - Author: LYNDA GEYMONAT - Hinton Reporter

  The hallway in Hinton’s Parks West Mall was loaded with vendors celebrating women in general and charity specifically on Nov. 19. The W.I.S.H. (Women Inspired Shopping Hinton) foundation describes itself as “an organization started in Hinton,...

• Book fair a growing success

  November 24, 2011 - Author: DAVID LERCH - Special to the Fitzhugh

  In the past four years, Maria Lerch’s annual community book fair in Valemount has gained momentum rather quickly. ...

• Second second-hand store in the works

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Jasper could have a new second-hand store by late next spring. A business plan is currently being developed by Janet Cooper, the municipality’s environmental stewardship co-ordinator, for a Jasper Reuse-It Centre, to be located in the industrial ar...

• Bear jam at the Jasper Arena

  November 24, 2011 - Author: JOHN WILMSHURST - Special to the Fitzhugh

  According to national park wildlife experts, your garden variety Jasper bear (Caesar knows them as Ursus americanus) has been in hibernation for weeks now that the temperatures have plunged and snow blankets the ground. But there are Bears in Jasper that ...

• Hinton Council Briefs from November 15

  November 24, 2011 - Author: LYNDA GEYMONAT - Hinton Reporter

  Fluoride flourishes in Hinton After hearing from the public and receiving a report from administration, Hinton council voted in favour of continuing to add fluoride to the town’s water supply. In a report to council on Nov. 15, infrastructure serv...

• Video contest aimed at connecting students with nature

  November 24, 2011 - Author: TIMOTHY PIGEON - Fitzhugh Student Reporter

  With 2011 being the centennial for Parks Canada, Environment Minster Peter Kent, with the help of Brewster Travel Canada, has rolled out a new contest centred around Canadian youth, entitled “Canada’s Coolest School Trip” with a grand pr...

• Peaceful homes make for a peaceful world

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Beginning tomorrow, Jasper is joining communities across the world in a campaign to eliminate violence against women. This is the fifth year that Jasper has participated in 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, an international human rights campai...

• Cross-country ski club looking to extend sport’s reach

  November 24, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  With a recent change in leadership, the Jasper Cross Country Ski Club is looking to rebuild itself and extend the reach of the sport deeper into the vast network of trails around town. The club has been around for about 60 years, but its membership has e...

• All-new council for Valemount

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Mayor Andru McCracken will lead a new Valemount council that is otherwise all-female. McCracken was elected mayor with 255 votes last weekend, 154 more than Jeannette Townsend, Valemount’s former mayor of 18 years, prior to 2008. ...

• Fifth term for Mike Frazier

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Mike Frazier is back for a fifth term as Mayor of McBride. Frazier received 188 votes during the Nov. 19 municipal election. He was followed by former councillor Loranne Martin, who registered 109 votes, and Allen Birnie, who received 31. ...

• Summer crime rate down significantly: RCMP

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  On the whole, this summer’s crime statistics for Jasper show declining numbers across the board. Compared to last year’s stats for July to September, liquor charges are down 20 per cent, disturbing the peace charges are down by 38 per cent, t...

• Glacier Discovery Walk debated at park forum

  November 24, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  The proposed Glacier Discovery Walk was a hot topic of discussion at the Jasper National Park Annual Public Forum on Nov. 15, with numerous Jasper residents questioning officials from Parks Canada and Brewster Travel Canada about the controversial project...

• Property taxes in a National Park

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Although you can’t own the land in a national park, you can control it and you can be taxed on it. That’s if you have purchased a home, anyway. ...

• Draft budget calls for tax and fee hikes

  November 24, 2011 - Author: NICOLE VEERMAN, REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER

  Jasper’s draft operating budget for 2012 suggests council approve a 4.1-per-cent municipal tax increase, a 4.1-per-cent increase to water fees and a 7.5-per-cent increase to sewage fees. With the three increases, a home with an assessed value of $7...

• Caribou Joe & the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific - Episode 9: Joe Meets Sally

  November 24, 2011 - Author: LEONARD FRAZER - Special to the Fitzhugh

  The Wall Brothers and Joe reached the main street during the late afternoon and headed for one of the local eating spots. Joe had already decided to treat his new friends to a meal and drinks. After all, they had saved his life. And much to Joe’s r...

• Time for off-leash trails

  November 24, 2011 - Author: ROBSON FLETCHER, EDITOR

  Last week a wolf attacked and killed an unleashed dog in Jasper as the pet and its owner were out running on a popular trail in the Pyramid Bench area. The fact that this happened at all, never mind that it happened so close to town, has come as a shock t...

• Control work continues after slow wildfire season

  November 24, 2011 - Author: FITZHUGH STAFF

  There were extraordinarily few wildfires in Jasper National Park this season, with resource conservation staff only extinguishing one small blaze on Sept. 24. That lone fire happened at the Snaring Overflow Campground, making 2011 one of the slowest fire...

• National Park News November 24

  November 24, 2011 - Author: PARKS CANADA

  Dog dies in wolf attack On Monday, Nov. 14, a wolf killed a medium-sized dog on the Pyramid Trail between the junction of trail 2a and 2b. The event occurred at a time of day (dusk) that is an active hunting period for all predators and the dog was off-l...