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Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives photo It’s been 90 years since the Jasper Curling Club first emerged in Jasper, and no one knows its history better than former member, and collector of memorabilia, Sandy Robinson.

Creative Commons photo In the past six months, the Foothills Research Institute found three of its collared research bears shot and killed.

N. Veerman photo Sporting different hairstyles and extravagant outfits each time, Mychol Ormandy, as his alter ego Toni Lester Van Blam, performed three of Cher’s greatest hits at the Jasper Legion, Nov. 30.

Creative Commons photo Brian Kearnan was heading out for a walk early this October when his dogs started barking and pulled him toward a tree behind his house. He looked up and was surprised to have his gaze met by the masked face of a raccoon.

T. Kemple photo Jasper is a town full of outdoor enthusiasts, but Dec. 8 and 9 are a couple of days enthusiasts might want to spend inside, hunkered down in comfy movie theatre seating, munching popcorn.

G. Horne photo There’s a fungus slowly spreading across North America, and it’s wreaking havoc on the continent’s bat populations. Even though it hasn’t yet reached Alberta, Parks Canada is taking precautions.

N. Veerman photo Local thespians will bring Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the stage, Dec. 13.

T. Nichols photo Shawn Arsenault’s Grade 6 class was hard at work last month raising money for one of their schoolmates. The students raised $407.

Last weekend, midget hockey teams from across the region made the trek to Jasper to battle it out on the ice. The Jasper Bearcats hosted the tournament, which had the Jasper Activity Centre bustling all weekend.

Submitted photo Six years ago, when Sean MacCarron moved to Jasper to work for Marmot Basin, there wasn’t a designated snowboard team in town. So, shortly after his arrival, he started one: Jasper Free Mountain Snowboard Team.