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Submitted photo Leanne Minton says some of the “absolute best days” of her life were spent riding through Jasper’s backcountry with her husband, park warden Phil Minton.

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Submitted photo For almost five weeks Libby Weir has been in Africa building books. The Jasper resident is volunteering her time in Rwanda, helping equip rural teachers with course materials and giving them the skills to become better teachers.

The early morning fire at the Maligne Lake Ticket Office, Dec. 6, was caused by a fluorescent security light that malfunctioned, dropping an ember onto a cushioned bench near the front door.

This past weekend, the Jasper Atom Bears hosted teams from Beaumont, Hinton, Whitecourt, Grande Cache and Grande Prairie in their annual Hockey in the Rockies tournament.

High school construction update The Jasper Joint School Facility is on schedule to be completed in time for the 2014/15 school year, according to the Grande Yellowhead Public School Division’s Dec. 4 newsletter. As of Nov.

Dear Editor, No to a hotel!! We were at Maligne Lake two springs ago. We saw harlequin ducks, eagles and swallows in the river leading from the lake. The harlequin in particular need fast moving mountain streams to breed and raise their young.

Tis the season of overindulgence and merrymaking.

N. Veerman photo Stantec, the architect and consultant on the library and cultural centre, has informed the municipality that it believes the project builder is in default of its contract.

With a pair of oil pipelines running through Jasper National Park, construction and development projects ongoing and rail cars chugging through the townsite daily, there are a host of potential environmental risks in the park.