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The Jasper Elementary School gym was transformed into a circus tent, Feb. 13, in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week.

A group of local thespians have joined forces to create a new collective that will support and promote theatre arts. The Jasper Theatre Arts Collective was born last month and is in the process of becoming a registered charity.

Submitted photo The banquet department at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge was named the “department of the quarter” last week, but rather than basking in their accomplishment and reaping their reward, the staff turned their prize into an opportunity t

First place in the Birkie Jasper’s very own Fred Wall placed first in the 80-plus category of the Canadian Birkebeiner in Edmonton earlier this month.

Dear Editor, Parks Canada describes the grizzly bear as an “icon of the Canadian Rockies wilderness” and, in the park management plan, commits repeatedly to “maintaining and improving” its habitat security.

In December we called on council to scrimp and save on the 2014 operating budget, and on Tuesday scrimp and save it did.

T. Nichols photo Since it moved to its new location at 300 Miette Ave., the Cottage Medical Clinic has been operating without a lease from the municipality.

After hours of budget deliberations, council approved a tax increase of 2.05 per cent, Tuesday, as well as an increase of 15 per cent for water rates, 5.2 per cent for sewage rates and four per cent for solid waste fees.

Tom Ryan/Travel Alberta photo Images of Jasper were viewed by millions of Australians earlier this week, as the country’s No. 1 morning show rolled into Jasper to shoot live on location at Mildred Lake, Maligne Canyon and Marmot Basin.

Submitted photo In its heyday, the ski school operating out of Marmot Basin had a reputation for producing some of the best skiers in the region. But even before Marmot opened to skiers in 1964, Jasperites were attending ski schools.