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T. Nichols photo As the soccer season wound down last week, members of the Jasper Minor Soccer Association met to pack away the nets at the Centennial Park field.

June 25 Ski Marmot Basin held an open house in Jasper to show off the details of its long-range plan. Attendance was sparse, with Marmot representatives outnumbering curious Jasperites the whole night.

T. Nichols photo Four of Jasper’s minor soccer teams tested their metal at their Regional Zone Finals June 21, finishing up the short soccer season with mixed results.

T. Nichols photo Freewheel Cycle’s Freeskool kicked off for the summer June 21, with a party that saw more than 50 kids and their parents take over the woods across from the Mount Robson Inn just off Connaught Drive.

Submitted photo The students of École Desrochers are marking the end of their time in the Jasper Legion in style. The school has operated out of space for more than a decade, and in August will move to Jasper’s joint school facility.

Bike Park Clears Hurdle Jasper is one small step closer to having a bike park, after council gave its support in principal for the construction of one in town.

In an effort to bring the province’s tourism industry up to $10.3 billion by 2020, Travel Alberta is turning its sights to the digital world and the international traveller.

Creative Commons photo As part of a huge overhaul of the temporary foreign worker program, Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney lifted the moratorium on the program for the food service sector.

E. Christie photo Roberta Kakinoosit takes great pride in her Aboriginal heritage.

N. Wilson photo I got our cat Oscar from the SPCA in Whitehorse, Yukon. When I picked him out his name was “Jerry” and he was being mauled by girl guides. Clearly, someone had to put a stop to it. At least that’s what I told myself.