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N. Veerman photo Increasing the park’s visitation and maintaining its ecological integrity were at the forefront of Parks Canada’s message during its 14th annual public forum Oct. 15.

For the second year in a row, Keith Thibout was the fastest runner in the annual 10-kilometre Root Romp, Oct. 18, earning a gold medal in the adult male category.

Submitted photo If you lived in Philadelphia in the early 1900s, you likely would have known Mary Schäffer as a polite socialite. But if you lived in the Canadian Rockies, there’s a good chance you knew her as Yahe-Weha, or Mountain Woman.

Creative Commons photo The Jasper Junior/Senior High School volleyball program is having a landmark year. For the first time ever Jasper has been able to field six teams, with close to 60 players enrolled in the program from every grade.

N. Veerman photo The Glacier defense played an outstanding home game, Oct. 17, scoring two touchdowns, to help the Glaciers defeat the Hinton Wolfpak 75–6.

Parks Canada established Decoigne as a winter recreational hub in 2013. R. Bray photo As of Nov. 1st, delayed winter access will be in effect for the ranges of the A La Peche, Tonquin and Brazeau caribou herds.

Jasper’s Director of Library Services retires T. Nichols photo The Jasper Municipal Library is set to lose one of its long-time employees. Judy Krefting, who has walked and stocked the stacks for the last 27 years, will put in her last day Oct. 31.

N. Veerman photo The Glaciers had to wait three weeks for redemption after a heartbreaking two-point loss in Edson Sept. 18.

Jodie Rogers has a message. It’s one she’s so determined to share that last year she left behind her ladder-climbing, corporate marketing job in London, England to make a career of liberating the masses.

R. Bray/Parks Canada photo Long ago, there were beings of light and energy called Kisikookuk. These “star people” roamed the realities looking for “new experiences, new understandings and new perspectives.