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Peter Shokeir | [email protected] UPDATE: Highway 16 has reopened east of Jasper . A multi-vehicle collision closed Highway 16, with traffic being diverted, and resulted in two seriously injured persons. On July 6 at 12:20 p.m.

Surveillance photos of truck and suspect. | RCMP photo Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Hinton RCMP are requesting public assistance in identifying a suspect in a truck theft that occurred last week. On June 29 at 7:07 p.m.

Flooding along Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Provincial Park. | K.

Care manager Megan Derksen, registered nurse Ashley Briggs and physicians Derek Lacoursiere and Declan Unsworth pose with a bladder scanner donated by the Jasper Rotary Club at Seton-Jasper Healthcare Centre on June 30. | P.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Masks or face coverings are no longer mandatory in Jasper as Alberta moved into stage three of Alberta's Open for Summer Plan on July 1.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] The Municipality of Jasper will launch its paid parking pilot project on July 15. All current two-hour parking will cost $2 per hour between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Agnes (Cottam) Johnstone, Florence Maud Mortimer, Marjorie McLean & Peace Robinson, at Lake Annette, Jasper National Park, Alberta. | S.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper set an all-time temperature record of 41.2 C on June 30 as a historic heatwave causes rising fire danger and water levels in the national park.

A memorial plaque in memory of the Canoe River disaster will go up in Centennial Park in July. Note: The plaque should say “2 RCHA,” not “2nd RCHA.” | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] The Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce will receive $28,800 of federal shop local funding, which will go towards encouraging patronage of community businesses.