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Credit: Parks Canada Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Parks Canada has been working to address the high volume of users attempting to book a campsite online.

Jasper Elementary School | File photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Lynn Wannop owns Coco’s Café with her husband Andrew and volunteers for the Jasper Pride Festival. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Jade Refillery’s Beth LeBlanc and Nicole Veerman believe in progress over perfection.

Sidewalk seating is being set up outside of Downstream Restaurant & Lounge along Connaught Drive on April 13. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper Municipal Council approved a pilot project for paid parking this year in the downtown area during its regular meeting on April 20.

Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon | Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

A Facebook page has launched to honour Jasper volunteers just in time for National Volunteer Week, which runs April 18-24. Pictured, Jasper Food Bank volunteers. | Supplied photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Donnelly Hart gives out food hampers and pots to the mothers of the Alotenango community in Guatemala. | Supplied photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Bears and cougars are now out and about in Jasper National Park as spring begins. | Parks Canada photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.