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Eight gardens will be featured, said Judy Krefting, director of library services at the Jasper Municipal Library. “Plus, Annelies Laggner is always a bonus garden because she loves to show her garden every year and it’s spectacular.

While riding his bike in 1999, world music artist Frank Patrick was struck by a car. The impact threw him 60 feet and resulted in a head injury that left him with major short term memory loss.

Four rare birds were nudged from their comfortable, safe nests out into the bright blue sky, June 27. Those birds were the 2013 graduates of Ecole Desrochers.

Lettner is a member of Jasper’s CiB Committee. He was in Edmonton, along with a number of other community members, to accept the national award last October.

Because of those high numbers, Parks Canada is considering campground upgrades to better accommodate large RVs in Jasper, Banff and other national parks. Officials met in Banff last month to discuss what changes could make the parks more RV-friendly.

With all of the transition that has occurred in the last 18 months, it’s become “the culture of the organization” to have staff step up and take on more responsibility, said Christine Nadon, manager of communications and IT.

“There’s teachers at all three schools that are sort of buying in and are going to be working on sustainability within their own classes,” said Robb, noting that the net-zero SEED classroom the students are fundraising for will crea

“Any time we look at [the maps] we always think about how we can share them with other people,” said museum manager Karen Byers. Since some of the maps are old and fragile, they were scanned and printed in laser copy.

It's bear season—an exciting time for locals and tourists alike.

Missing sign on Highway 93 ‘disappointing’ Dear Editor, Have you noticed that sometime during the winter of 2011/2012, the major sign along the Icefields Parkway, announcing the transition between Jasper National Park and Banff National P