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Drugs and money confiscated during the December 2014 drug bust. Photo courtesy of the RCMP Jasper resident Theodore Vena is in custody after failing to appear in court to face drug charges laid last December.

Fitzhugh receives national recognition The Fitzhugh won four Canadian Community Newspaper Awards, March 27.

T. Nichols photo Late last month, in the gymnasium of the Jasper Elementary School, a young student rode a hovercraft. The contraption was made of a thin disc the size of a transport truck tire, with a leaf blower attached to provide lift.

R. Bray/Parks Canada photo This spring, the seasonal closure of Cavell Road will be extended for an additional two weeks, until June 25, to allow for the $600,000 replacement of Cavell Bridge.

T. Hisgett photo The east part of Jasper National Park is a gusty place. Winds scour the valley bottom, accelerating as they push up steep limestone mountain sides.

Artistic rendering courtesy of the Municipality of Jasper Robson Park has been selected as the location for a multicultural garden that will feature a commemorative post memorializing Jasper’s sister city relationship with Hakone, Japan.

Photo courtesy of the Western Canada Lottery Corporation Although $100,000 richer, life hasn’t changed much since Geoff Fox won the lottery.

Friday, April 10—Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives—7 p.m. to 10 p.m. It’s brown season, or as Megan Vicente puts it “decomposing elk poop season.

Eddie Wong photo - www.explorejasper.com Jasper Freeride had home snow advantage last weekend, when it hosted the Alberta Provincial Freestyle Championships with Marmot Basin.

R. Bray/Parks Canada photo Parks Canada is now accepting reservations for its front country and backcountry campgrounds, with its online reservation system that opened April 1.