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The Alberta Living Wage Network calculates Jasper’s living wage has increased from $24.90 per hour in 2023 to $31.40 per hour in 2024. This is the highest living wage ranked in this year’s report.

Shoppers are scouring the internet for deals as Cyber Monday marks the end of the retail mania that began on Black Friday.

Province suspended Canada-Alberta Job Grant applications in August after federal government cut Labour Market Transfer Agreement (LMTA)

The temporary disruption is due to an inability to secure physician coverage, according to Alberta Health Services. If coverage is found, the disruption will be cancelled.

The Crisis Team Jasper Society is launching a 2025 fundraising calendar featuring firefighters amid the landscape following the recent wildfires.

"Decisions must be based on knowledge and science — especially when it comes to our survival! We all deserve better from our political leadership."

The increased utility rates are meant to cover increasing water and sewer costs, due mainly to aging infrastructure, and fund a new water treatment plant as those services are slowly transferred from the pulp mill to the town.

The bill is expected to pass by the House of Commons with support from the NDP. It lifts federal sales tax on some goods from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15 and is expected to cost the treasury $1.6-billion

Legislation to create a two-month-long GST holiday is expected to pass today.

"There’s obviously significant loss in municipal revenue and the potential for a significant shift in tax burden from properties that were destroyed to properties that remained."