Editorial

The number of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle is expected to grow exponentially over the next few years increasing the wildfire risk posed to the community. Mark Fercho photo.

It might be hard to imagine, but election season is upon us. On Sept. 18 communities across Alberta, including Jasper, will hold nomination day, the final day for candidates to decide whether or not they are going to run for municipal office.

Council voted 3-2 against a motion to install a rainbow crosswalk like this one in Vancouver on July 18.

The last major wildfire in Jasper National Park happened in 2015 along the flanks of Medicine Lake, pictured here. R.

Jasper’s snow capped mountains and its abundance of wildlife might get the most attention from visitors who come to our tiny mountain town, but hidden almost in plain sight is a community of volunteers that rarely get noticed.

What does it mean to be Canadian? It’s a question that some of the country’s greatest leaders, writers and thinkers have wrestled with since Confederation 150 years ago. At the heart of the debate is a question about our identity.

Allegations recently surfaced at a collaborative action team meeting that employers in town are hiring children as young as 10.

As of June 9 there were 380 job posting in Jasper, according to Ginette Marcoux, executive director for the Jasper Employment and Education Centre. File photo.

Grade 4 and 5 students recently learned about the importance of growing local. P. Clarke photo.

The world is a meaner place since the first community garage sale in support of Mountains of Relief, the local charity replacing a school flattened by an earthquake in the mountains of Nepal two years ago.