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Modifying elk behaviour could reduce encounters

Elk are seen eating grass along Connaught Drive, in Jasper. | N. Veerman photo. Just about everyone in Jasper has a story about running into an elk, but new research suggests modifying elk behaviour could help reduce the number of encounters.

Aloha from Marmot Basin

N. Veerman photo Marmot Basin brought the beach to the mountain, April 18, with the fourth annual Aloha Cup.

Alternative education program opens in Jasper

Krissten Stockfish teaches students like, Jonah Jenkins, at The Jasper Learning Connection, which recently opened its doors at the Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce. | P Clarke. photo.

Satellite offices on the horizon for Yellowhead riding

MP Jim Eglinski speaks to the Jasper Chamber of Commerce at Poppa Georges Restaurant last week. | N.

Reducing wildfire risk + restoring habitat = improving park ecosystems

Parks Canada/R. Bray photo Being a member of the Parks Canada fire management team is one of the “hottest” jobs around this season.

Kids train with Jasper RCMP

N. Veerman photo A group of youngsters had their athleticism put to the test, April 10, when officers from the Jasper RCMP ran them through a police-grade obstacle course.

‘Mainstream media is packed full of lies’

Dear Editor, I welcome Andy Klimach’s invitation to have a dialogue about Canada’s involvement in the war in Iraq and Syria (letter to the editor April 1st). It is indeed alarming that Canada is at war and there is hardly a peep about it.

In Brief: hearing for accused drug dealer, comments on free wifi, Great Divide slideshow

Hearing set for accused drug dealer After being picked up on a warrant in British Columbia earlier this month, Theodore Vena appeared in court via CCTV, April 9.

‘It takes a village to raise a child’

Dear Editor, I think nothing speaks more to the heart of a community than the way they treat their children. As the old proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.

Time to strip away the stigma

Gerald Gabernig photo Depression. It’s an illness often shirked off by people who don’t understand it; a taboo subject that no one wants to touch. But touch and understand we must—because people are suffering. They’re living in a pit of despair.
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