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Madeline Ungurain with the 1958 Cessna 172 that she flew out of Airdrie airport in January. Ungurain went up to Jasper but couldn’t land due to the high wind shear near Jasper-Hinton Airport that day, so she turned around and flew back.

Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage during an announcement in Edmonton on Friday, April 24, 2020. | Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Jasper Municipal Council has held off on approving the 2021 operating budget and is expected to reconsider the budget on April 20. | P.Shokeir photo Peter Shokeir | editor@fitzhugh.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper Municipal Council maintained fees for sidewalk seating at $100 per permit plus $25 per seat during its regular meeting on April 6.

Laurie-Ell Bashforth | Special to the Fitzhugh This last year has been a long haul filled with stops, starts, sharp turns and most recently big pauses, especially regarding COVID-19 vaccines.

With the focus of providing access to a full-service marketing agency, Carmella Consulting is setting up shop in Jasper.

Did you know that prior to COVID, Canadians were eating, on average, 50 per cent of their meals outside the home? But now with the increase in home-cooking, most of us are shopping in bulk with high hopes of bringing mouth-watering meals to the table

Kevin Lazzari | Special to the Fitzhugh Frank Martin has a few rules that he follows to the letter. Number one is never change the deal. Number two is no names. Number three is never open the package.

Courage has become a key value in Grace Kohn’s life. From the ‘Edith Cavell Returns’ play she co-wrote with Jeff Shea, the quote, ‘Courage doesn’t mean an absence of fear, it means taking action in spite of your fears’ has become her lifelong mantra.

For this week’s Taste of Jasper, Tyler Wright details how to make Mini Eggs cookie sandwiches, one of his favourite Easter candy treats. | T.