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M. Bradley photo Wild Jasper has an international flavour next week as Scottish volunteers Jack Ward and Anna Hemmett present on their experiences working with Scotland’s Cairngorm Mountains reindeer herd.

N. Veerman photo Zombies, ghosts and cartoon characters ran through the streets of Jasper last week. The costumed-folk were out in celebration of All Hallows’ Eve, Oct. 31.

Dave MacDowell and Tracy Garneau both claimed records at the Peacock 100 ultramarathon in Hawaii last month. MacDowell competed in the 50 km race, finishing in a record six hours and 15 minutes.

Submitted photo Take influences from punk band Sublime, mix in American folk and some hip-hop, then add in Jimi Hendrix and rattle them all around in a Senegalese-Canadian brain. The result? The music of Karim Ouellet.

Shawn Arsenault’s class has been hard at work this past week raising money to help one of their schoolmates.

The Canadian Avalanche Centre is warning people not to trust smartphone apps that claim to act as avalanche rescue systems. In a discussion paper published this October, Dr.

T. Nichols photo In 2006 a heartbroken Kevin Erba sat staring at a map of his country. He had been in love with a girl for 15 years and she had just rejected him.

Dear Editor, When visiting Jasper on the Thanksgiving weekend, I was delighted to see that Jasperites have finally found a new place where their dogs can happily run off-leash.

Submitted photo These days, the volume and fury that movies hurl into theatres can leave you exhausted, so why not slip into a comfy seat and relax with the Jasper Film Club’s latest offering—a funny and engaging exploration of fragmented friendships

R. Bray/Parks Canada photo Twinkling stars, smoking rockets, gazing eyes and celebrity speakers made the third annual Dark Sky Festival a hit last weekend.