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Jasperites exercised their democratic right a month ago, casting ballots to select seven people to represent the community for the next four years. And now those seven people are preparing for their next big assignment: the budget.

T. Nichols photo Even though the Jasper Food Bank handed out less food this year than any time in the recent past, president Patrick Mooney said too many families still don’t have enough to eat.

There is still hope for the Reuse It Centre, but that hope depends on both residents and council. The two-year pilot project is coming to an end Dec.

Submitted photo The Jasper Junior/Senior High School’s junior girls volleyball team captured its first championship banner since 1996, Saturday, Nov. 2.

T. Nichols photo Jasper Junior/Senior High School is now the proud new owner of a six-tonne, seven-metre-long ocean predator—or symbolically, at least.

Success is a fickle companion. While it remains true that winning or losing is less important than how you play, it is also true that winning is an easier gauge of success than losing.

In hopes of enticing students to pursue careers in tourism and hospitality, a panel of local industry experts assembled in the high school library to talk about job opportunities last week.

T. Nichols photo. Last week, as Jasper saw its first dump of snow, drivers across town braced themselves for another winter of ugly roads and early-morning windshield scraping.

Ladybug I’m a bug, I’m proud to be. I have six legs, as you can see. I’ve a handsome coat: black spots on red. I’ve two antennae on my head.

Parks Canada photo Marmot Learning Centre’s Cool School contest winners Twenty-eight students from Grand Trunk High School in Evansburg, Alta. have one the first annual Cool School contest.