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Developing an event strategy Tourism Jasper, along with a few partners, is working to implement an event and tourism strategy for the town.

Dear Editor, I have agonized over this; researched every scrap of information, read and studied the Maligne Lake Situation Analysis and the Maligne Tours Conceptual Proposal, twisted, probed deep, way down into my “I love Jasper National Park, local

Dear Editor, Thank you to John Strugnell and Jodi Hawkins for a wonderful evening and at the play A Christmas Carol. Such a treat to have a wonderful meal and real live theatre. So great to see the acting talents of so many.

Thoroughness is key to a successful budget process. There is always something to add or cut, but what’s important is deciding which is which. On Tuesday, council approved an interim operating budget for 2014.

N. Veerman photo Two six-week-old kittens were found under a sled at the Jasper Elementary School, Dec. 13.

If approved by council, the municipality’s draft operating budget for 2014 would result in a 6.38 per cent tax increase, 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.

Government of Alberta photo A Dec. 6 cabinet shuffle resulted in an impressive new title for West Yellowhead MLA Robin Campbell.

N. Veerman photo Dancers of all ages—some even as young as three years old—took to the stage, Dec. 15, to boogie in front of their friends and families in the Jasper Dance Program’s annual Christmas recital.

N. Veerman photo Following a traditional English feast, complete with figgy pudding, theatre-goers were whisked into the past, the present and the future, along with Ebenezer Scrooge, Dec. 13.

A small but enthusiastic group of carolers got into the holiday spirit Dec. 9 at Jasper’s annual Christmas sing-along.