Community Dinners are back
For more than a decade, Jasperites have shared Sunday dinners together at the Jasper Activity Centre. It’s a tradition that formed out of a need and that stuck because of the connections it creates in the community.
Community Dinners are open to everyone and run for 12 Sundays throughout the winter months. The first dinner was held Jan. 3 and they will continue through to March.
Dinner, which is cooked by a different group of volunteers each week, is served at 5:30 p.m., but it’s best to show up early, as the line grows quickly, with an average of about 300 hungry diners partaking in the meals each week.
To lend a hand, contact Patrick Mooney 780-852-6542.
Free healthy eating workshop
Learn how to nourish your body with Registered Dietician Janice Yeaman.
Yeaman is holding a healthy eating workshop at the Seniors Lounge in the Jasper Activity Centre on Monday, Jan. 12.
The event, which runs from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., is hosted by the Jasper Municipal Library and is free to everyone.
What the caribou closure means for you
The new winter closures restrict public access to Whistlers Creek and the west side of Maligne Lake Road, starting at the Signal Hill parking lot and continuing past Maligne Lake.
This includes the subalpine and alpine areas of the Maligne Range of mountains from Signal Mountain south, east of Highway 93 and west of the Maligne River; the slopes to the West of Highway 93 between Bubbling Springs and the Beauty Creek hostel, Poboktan Creek Trail and the Brazeau Loop.
Areas that are closed include:
Signal fire road
Watchtower Trail
Skyline Trail
Bald Hills
Lorraine Lake
Mona Lake
Moose Loop
Lovatt Scouts Trail
Maligne Pass
Agnes Creek
Little Shovel Pass
The Evelyn Connector
Shangrila
Areas that remain open include:
Summit Lake
Jacques Lake
Surprise Valley
Opal Hills
Mary Schaeffer Loop
