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Albertans will be heading to the polls for the 29th time in the province’s history, May 5. The stakes couldn’t be higher with global oil prices plunging, income taxes on the rise, and the government facing a record $5-billion deficit.

Oka sushi chef Tatsuhiko Okazaki and his wife, Rieko (right), along with employee JoAnne Black (left), present a cheque to Glenda Cornforth (in blue), president of the Jasper Senior’s Society.

From elk steak to a smoked duck clubhouse sandwich, the Downstream Restaurant and Lounge was serving its finest cuisine for the cameras this week.

Mirjam Wouters photo If you were to sum up Greg Van Tighem’s latest cycling trip along the Dempster Highway, it would play out a little something like this: mud, road closures, frozen Kentucky Fried Chicken, truckers, snowdrifts, 150 km winds, curiou

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Highway 93 circa 1945. Photo courtesy of the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives. It’s like no other drive in the world.

Elk are seen eating grass along Connaught Drive, in Jasper. | N. Veerman photo. Just about everyone in Jasper has a story about running into an elk, but new research suggests modifying elk behaviour could help reduce the number of encounters.

N. Veerman photo Marmot Basin brought the beach to the mountain, April 18, with the fourth annual Aloha Cup.

Krissten Stockfish teaches students like, Jonah Jenkins, at The Jasper Learning Connection, which recently opened its doors at the Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce. | P Clarke. photo.

MP Jim Eglinski speaks to the Jasper Chamber of Commerce at Poppa Georges Restaurant last week. | N.