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The new federal CEWS program will enable Pursuit to return 357 Canadian team members to work from temporary layoffs - 119 of those are in Jasper.

To qualify, businesses must pay less than $50,000 in rent, have been asked to close, or near-close their operations due to COVID-19, and be experiencing at least a 70 per cent decrease in revenues.

Canada Post is dealing with 'Christmas level volumes' of deliveries and advising Canadians to expect delays.

Dear editor, It is time. In the last month, we have see extraordinary measures put into place to get ahead of the virus that causes COVID 19. The impact on Jasper was swift and apparent within hours.

Alberta Health's COVID-19 map now shows nine confirmed cases in Jasper, two of which are active. Jasper now has two active cases of COVID-19.

Christian Roy has sewn and delivered about 300 masks in Jasper. | F.Dragon photo Jasperites have been stitching facemasks and delivering them to neighbours in need.

Easy Eats sees pre-cooked dinners available every Friday at direct-cost pricing from Chateau Jasper. | Supplied photo Fuchsia Dragon | [email protected] Pursuit is opening its at-cost meal program to the Jasper community.

Jasper High School students have written narrative stories based on historical events - in French. Stories from Grade 12 students Isabelle Glover and Arianne St-Jacques are published below.

Curbside swabbing to test for the novel coronavirus takes place daily in the parking lot of Seton hospital. | F.Dragon photo Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.

RCMP Sgt. Rick Bidaisee said Jasperites, for the most part, are following the rules. No tickets have yet been handed out in Jasper for breaching public health orders.