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Dear Editor, It’s been over one month since the Dec. 22, Merry Christmas caribou closures. The Berlin Wall has swiftly dropped on critical caribou habitat in JNP.

There’s been plenty of talk about Jasper’s unseasonably warm weather: the spring-like temperatures and the resulting melting snow and rain showers.

Joe Couture, who ran the Marmot Basin Ski School with Tom McCready, saved all of his ski passes, creating a case study of the changing style of glasses, hairdos and ski get-ups over the years. N.

Submitted photo Jasper is home to one of Alberta’s Top 30 Under 30. Last week, 21-year-old Doug Matthews was named in the fourth annual list published by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation.

T. Nichols photo Parks Canada’s avalanche control team was out in full force earlier this week, dealing with precarious conditions brought on by the weekend’s bout of unseasonably warm weather.

N. Veerman photo Council directed administration to add a $10,000 line item to the operations budget, Jan. 27, to assist the Jasper Heritage Rodeo Association with its move to an outdoor venue.

T. Nichols photo The smell of Scotch, haggis, bashed tatties and chappit neeps wafted through the Other Paw Bakery Jan. 25, as about 30 people gathered to celebrate the life of Scotland’s most beloved poet, Robbie Burns.

C. Day photo Jasper in January organizers are hoping to lure foodies to the town’s many restaurants, with a revamped culinary adventure this weekend.

T. Nichols photo On a snowy patch of trail near the Athabasca River, Jan. 24, a group of about a dozen people peered intently at a pile of wolf scat.

T. Nichols photo A sleeping bag with arms and legs; an innovative electric mixer; an ultra-secure household safe. These were just a few of the inventions Mme. Howe’s Grade 3 and Mme.