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N. Veerman photo “Pass it on,” sang a group of colourfully clad girls as they waited for an overflowing bag of groceries to be handed down the line and into their hands.

T. Nichols photo About 15 Jasperites came together Dec. 21 to participate in a 115-year-old tradition. Just before 9 a.m.

M. Bradley photo Parks Canada captured and collared a cougar east of town Dec. 16, with the assistance of two cougar hounds that chased the animal and forced it into a tree.

N. Veerman photo Servus Credit Union moved into its new Connaught Drive location. To celebrate, the community was invited to take a tour of the bright, spacious new building, while enjoying a cup of steaming hot coffee and a hot dog, Dec. 13.

Creative Commons photo The municipality is renewing its cooperative agreement with Parks Canada for 911 dispatch services.

Dec. 21 is the shortest day of the year. In Jasper that means only seven and a half hours of sunlight.

C. Oeggerli photo Some of the most rewarding times I’ve spent in the stands have been when I have parked amongst the real granddaddies of the game.

Dear Editor, Oh my God, the contractor has finally come up with a completion date for our new library. It must be true because there is a nice colourful graph to prove it. But wait a second, the graph says it won’t be completed until Sept. 1, 2015.

Maligne closure unconfirmed Rumours are circulating throughout the community that Parks Canada will enact a temporary winter closure for the Maligne Valley this season, but—as of the Fitzhugh ’s press deadline—the agency was not ready to either confi

Dear Editor, As a new resident of Jasper, I have noticed the editorial section of the Fitzhugh is often steaming with letters of anger, frustration and sarcasm.