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Friday, Sept. 20 Jasper Legion, 8 p.m. If Zachary Lucky’s grandfather knew he liked new-age country, he’d be mighty unimpressed. That’s why Lucky calls Brad Paisley his guilty pleasure, rather than just a pleasure.

Jasper’s beer league all-stars will face off at centre ice against NHL legends, Sept. 21, during Hockey Night in Jasper. Among the seven legends are Theoren Fleury, Claude Lemieux, Tiger Williams, and Marty McSorley.

Photo courtesy of Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives Pick your apples, Jasper, or you might just kill a bear.

A disoriented 54-year-old hiker died Sept. 8 after falling off Parker Ridge, near the Columbia Icefield, in Banff National Park.

R. Bray photo This past weekend, fire specialists took advantage of a short window of opportunity for burning in the pre-designated Vine Creek prescribed fire area (know as a burn unit) 20 km north of the town of Jasper. From Sept. 13 through Sept.

Council wage review Retired town manager George Krefting has been tasked with reviewing council’s remuneration. It is council policy to do such a review prior to each election. “Mr.

Jasper’s talent pool runs deep. There is no better example of that than the Jasper Folk Music Festival held last weekend.

Park Warden Percy Hamilton Goodair died at this time 84 years ago. On his cairn, located in the Tonquin Valley, it says he “died on or about Sept. 12, 1929. Age 52.

While holding up a small white book the size of a novel, Peter Waterworth flips three-quarters of the way through the pages and stops.

Imagine standing on the summit of a mountain. It’s cold: so cold the air sears your nostrils every time you breathe in. You’ve climbed for two days, across glaciers, over crevasses and up sheer rock walls. You’re exhausted, but you can’t rest.