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Gage Leblanc competes provincially in freestyle skiing. He coached the other young competitors with an Olympic athlete for the television show All-Round Champion.

Kirby Morrow grew up in Jasper and went on to have a successful acting career, including extensive voicework for animation. He died unexpectedly last week, age 47. | Twitter @Kirby_Morrow photo Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.

Joanne McQuarrie - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

D.J. (Klem) Klymchuk loves Jasper and devotes his time to giving back to a community that welcomed him many years ago. | J.McQuarrie photo Joanne McQuarrie - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | [email protected] Whatever he does, D.J.

This week, Tyler cooked a tourtière, a traditional meat pie dish from Quebec, with a recipe from ACFA Jasper. | T.Wright photo Tyler Wright | Special to the Fitzhugh Bonjour et bienvenue dans l'édition de cette semaine de Taste of Jasper.

Jasper Employment and Education Centre shares advice for employees worried about safety at their workplaces. | Stock photo Joanne McQuarrie - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

Satoko Naito, known as Rico, is this month's featured artist at the Jasper Artists Guild (JAG) Gallery. Her new abstract style has caught the eye of art lovers; four of her 12 paintings have been sold already.

With 12 active cases of COVID-19 and a rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people, Jasper is now considered above threshold and is subject to enhanced measures by the province.

Marmot Basin opened for the 2020/21 winter season on Thursday, Nov. 12, and skiers were blessed with blue skies for their first day on the slopes. | Marmot Basin photos Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.

For the past 16 years, VIA Rail has organized the Annual Santa Train for Santas Anonymous which is always well attended by children of all ages excited to see Santa.