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The 2019/20 Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce board pictured in September 2019: Alan Wilson of Avalanche Spirits, Susan Hunter of the Grande Prairie Regional College, Justin Melnyk of Jasper Brewing Co.

Rob Hubick, manager of Jasper-Yellowhead Museum & Archives, left, and Paul Schmidt, Jasper Victim Services coordinator, showed off Jasper Museum’s new fundraising calendar on Sept. 3 at the museum.

This summer, wildlife viewers have been officially restricted to their vehicles when observing animals along highways in Jasper, and Parks Canada officials said they have seen “promising” results.

Jasper SkyTram/Jasper Museum photo In 1962, Whistlers Mountain was Jasper’s ski hub. Locals took a lazy tow rope, built by Ken Cook in the 1940s, to the top of the slopes, hit a ski jump on the way down, and warmed up in a clubhouse near the bottom.

If you spend any time on Pinterest or Instagram foodie accounts, you’ll quickly learn that people are going crazy for everything bagel seasoning. This mix of salty, sweet and bitterness is hard not to get hooked on, improving almost any recipe.

Jasper Fitness Centre and Jasper Activity Centre will reopen later this month. | File photo Joanne McQuarrie, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

Content provided by Alberta Health Services . | Stock photo Everyone needs to be physically active.

Now retired, Danny Berry worked with Bighorn Wildlife Technologies as a field specialist for three years, putting tracking devices on harlequin ducks and doing game counts. He is pictured with a harlequin duck in the Cadomin area in 2017.

After the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March, Jasper chef Stu Allen got to work preparing bags of food for fellow employees who were out of work.

Patrick Dodsworth reached the top of Signal Mountain at 8:15 a.m. and was at the base by 8:45 a.m. It was the first of four mountains he climbed on August 15.