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1998 AIDS Walk in Jasper.Submitted photo While lying in a hospital bed, with a ventilator strapped to his mouth and nose, Doug Ritchie wrote a message to a visiting friend: “You’re going to have to help me with this. I have AIDS.

Erwin T. Lim photo When typhoon Haiyan surged through the Philippines Nov. 7 it did so with menacing intensity, leaving behind a devastated country coping with an estimated 3,000–4,000 people dead and close to two million homeless.

Maligne Tours released its conceptual proposal outlining its redevelopment plans for Maligne Lake, Nov. 15, and scheduled public forums in Jasper and Edmonton to discuss it at the end of the month.

Wednesday, Nov. 27Jasper Legion, 9 p.m.

Submitted photo The Jasper Ski Team is back on the slopes, preparing for another season of high-speed competition.

Submitted photo Two Jasper athletes became part of history this month when they competed in the Athens Marathon.

Jasperite Moira McKinnon unleashed cute creepy crawlers on the world, Nov. 16, with the release of her first book, Awesome Ants and Lady Bugs in Pants.

If a tree falls in the forest... ...it may have had some help. Parks Canada crews will be hard at work this fall and into the winter removing hazardous trees from many of the park’s campgrounds and day use areas.

Foreign worker info session Jasper Municipal Library is hosting an information session for employers and temporary foreign workers Dec. 3. The session, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Dear Editor, It is undeniable that living in a national park comports responsibilities towards the environment as much as toward the people in our community. Since 2008 our bishop, Right Rev.