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Kevin Kritiques: Parasite

Bong Joon-ho's newest film proves to the world that there is an audience for international cinema. Winning Best Picture with a subtitled film is unprecedented at the Oscars.

Letter: ‘Paying with lives, not just paychecks’

Dear editor, RE: Stuart Taylor’s Letter to the Editor To quit your full-time job that had a pension and full benefits in an economic turn down is just silly. Don't be silly.

Staff quarantined and tested for coronavirus at Jasper Park Lodge

File photo Four people are in quarantine at Jasper Park Lodge. The four, all Fairmont employees, have gone into self-isolation in staff accommodations as a precautionary measure while awaiting test results for COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Jasper's recycling riddle

Recycling practices in Jasper and other municipalities are being looked into. | File photo Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.

Know Your Rights: RECORDS OF EMPLOYMENT (ROE)

File photo. Over the past few months we have seen a number of clients come into the centre to apply for EI. Without a Record Of Employment (ROE), EI claims cannot be finalized, reviewed or approved.

Plea from a Jasper paper seller

Sonja Dickey, owner of stationery store and laundromat 3 Sheets, is urging Jasperites to buy Canadian and forest-sustainable paper. | F.Dragon photo Fuchsia Dragon | publisher@fitzhugh.

Coronavirus hits Alberta: First presumptive COVID-19 case confirmed by chief medical officer

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health has confirmed the province’s first presumptive case of novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19. The individual is a woman in her fifties who lives in the Calgary zone.

Yellowhead MLA Martin Long addresses provincial Budget

Creative Commons. Dear friends, Finance Minister, the Honourable Travis Toews tabled his budget on Thursday. As many of us know, you can not develop a budget unless you first develop a plan.

Jasper Food Tours’ trophy triumph

Jasper Food Tours was awarded the 2020 Alberta Tourism award by the Economic Development Council of Alberta (CDÉA). | Supplied photo Jasper Food Tours has scooped a provincial tourism award.

Coronavirus risk remains low in Alberta

Fuchsia Dragon | [email protected] While coronavirus is spreading around the world, with 30 confirmed or probable cases in Canada and nine deaths in the US, Alberta’s risk level is still ‘low’.
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