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Tourism Jasper will host the Open Air Concert Series on the CN Place stage in Commemoration Park on Saturday, Sept. 25. | File photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Ali Howat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] With the summer weeks dwindling and September right around the corner, parents are beginning to get an idea of what school will look like this year.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper Municipal Council chose WSP as project manager for the activity centre renovation during its regular meeting on Aug. 17. The contract is worth $98,790.

Yellowhead MP Gerald Soroka is seeking re-election. | Supplied photo Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Conservative Gerald Soroka is running again to become the member of Parliament for the Yellowhead riding, which includes the town of Jasper.

Nurses picketed against proposed wage rollbacks on Aug. 11. | Supplied photos Ali Howat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] On Aug.

The Jasper Volleyball League hosts drop-in outdoor volleyball outside the activity centre on Aug. 3. | File photo Ali Howat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Banff town council has elected councillor and current deputy mayor Corrie DiManno to the position of mayor.

The site of future affordable housing along Connaught Drive on Aug. 10. | P.Shokeir photo Ali Howat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

The federal government has announced plans to move forward on new and additional measures to support woodland caribou recovery in Jasper National Park. | Parks Canada/ L.

The Jasper Activity Centre is a collection of town-owned facilities located on a single block within the townsite. | File photo Ali Howat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.