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Parks Canada and the Jasper Indigenous Forum have agreed to temporarily rename Pocahontas Campground as “Miette” while a permanent name is sought. Pursuit has also renamed its Pocahontas Cabins (pictured). | P.

Mountains of Relief co-founder Raj Ghimire (right), along with volunteers Andrew and Anne Thomas, hold up the three winners of the donors' draw for the Win Wine, Save Lives campaign at the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum on Jan. 30. | P.

Lesleigh Campbell | Special to the Fitzhugh The U15 Jasper Bearcats hosted the Whitecourt Wolverines this past weekend for not one, but two riveting games of “edge of your seat hockey”. The first game was dinner theatre style at 5:30 p.m.

The U15 Jasper Grizzlies hosted their home tournament last weekend against five other teams.

Two cyclists participate in the Jasper Winter Pentathlon back in 2016. | File photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Work is underway on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion in this undated photo. ATCO camp workers in Valemount serving the project have voted to unionize. | Trans Mountain’s Twitter photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Jason Stockfish, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] The Municipality of Jasper may reduce speed limits to 30 km/h across town in an effort to enhance public and pedestrian safety as well as the visitor experience.

Christopher Read will join the Municipality of Jasper as director of Community Development. | MOJ photo Jason Stockfish, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | advertising@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper will receive $250,000 towards replacing 170 water meters in the Municipality of Jasper, as part of $432,000 of capital funding for municipalities in West Yellowhead.

Laurie-Ell Bashforth | Special to the Fitzhugh It’s understood that regular physical activity leads to our physical well-being. What’s not always understood is that it has a big part to play with our mental well-being too.