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Louise Hayes used fabric to create the pieces in the foreground, which include “Dragonfly in Reeds” (left) and “Dragonfly in Rushes” (right). | P.Shokeir photos Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

The Jasper Folk Music Festival will return in 2022 following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19. | Supplied photo Jason Stockfish | advertising@fitzhugh.

Saddle bronc action at the 2018 Jasper Heritage Rodeo. | File photo Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper has likely seen its last rodeo as the Jasper Heritage Rodeo officially decided to fold during its annual general meeting on April 4.

Jason Stockfish | [email protected] Residential buildings in Jasper increased eight per cent in overall value, while non-residential properties decreased three per cent, according to property assessments for 2021.

From the left: Ginette Marcoux, Monica Rodriguez and Astra Fe Penas with the Jasper Employment and Education Centre hold a banner for National Volunteer Week outside the provincial building on April 14. | P.

Pyramid Island in Jasper National Park. | Parks Canada/Sanne van der Ros photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Rogers 5G is now available to Rogers customers in Jasper on Infinite plans with 5G devices. Rogers 5G now reaches more than 1,500 communities across the country, including Jasper, Grand Cache and Hinton.

Manu Loir-Mangazon, president of the JPCA, catches some air on his mountain bike. | T.Begg photo Jason Stockfish | advertising@fitzhugh.

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. will permanently reduce capacity at its pulp mill in Hinton. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | [email protected] West Fraser will permanently reduce capacity at its pulp mill in Hinton by the end of this year.

Danny Frechette stands atop Snape’s Hill looking over where his project will soon establish roots. | J.Stockfish photo Jason Stockfish | advertising@fitzhugh.