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A partially covered paid parking sign along Patricia Street in Jasper on July 20. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | [email protected] The Municipality of Jasper will begin its paid parking pilot project on July 21.

Jasper Legion vice-president Greg Key (left) and project lead Dong Han unveil the memorial plaque at the cenotaph on July 16 to honor the victims of the 1950 Canoe River Disaster. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] A fatal collision resulting in one dead has closed Highway 16 about 18 kilometres west of Hinton on July 19. At around 5:40 p.m.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Parks Canada is warning of delays along the Icefield Parkway (Highway 93) in Jasper National Park beginning this Friday due to construction.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] UPDATE: James Brertton has been located safe.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] One person has died after a single vehicle rollover near Maligne Lake. On July 14 at 10:30 p.m., Jasper RCMP received a report of a missing 36-year-old female from Jasper, who had not reported for work.

A small wildfire from a lightning strike was located and extinguished in the Wabasso Lake area on July 11. | Parks Canada photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Smoke clouds the sky along Connaught Drive in Jasper on July 15. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Environment Canada is warning how wildfire smoke has caused poor air quality and reduced visibility in Jasper.

An Ice Explorer at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in the summer of 2020. | File photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Aerial photo of burning of trees. | Parks Canada/R.Bray photo Ali Howat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.