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N. Veerman photo Housing has been a persistent issue in Jasper for decades. The shortage of affordable, quality homes isn’t news.

Budget shuffle for new grader The municipality’s grader—its key instrument for snow removal—has broken down three times since the end of November, forcing the operations department to seek council approval to purchase of a new unit. During the Dec.

M. Bradley photo On the night before Christmas under a clear winter sky I reluctantly enter the house with a sigh. The stars were so brilliant, so much to admire, But now it is time to relax by the fire.

N. Veerman photo There was standing room only, as more than a dozen residents packed into the Grand Trunk Pacific Boardroom, Dec. 18, to oppose the rezoning of two lots on Connaught Drive for the development of an apartment building.

Creative commons photo If approved by council, the municipality’s draft operating budget would result in a 4.37 per cent tax increase for 2015, as well as a 19.71 per cent increase to the town’s water rates.

N. Veerman photo It’s 10 a.m. on Dec. 18 and a sense of festive immediacy fills the McCready Centre.

T. Nichols photo Nancy Addison got a big surprise, Dec. 19, when she was awarded a certificate of volunteer appreciation from the MLA constituency office of Robin Campbell.

N. Veerman photo “Pass it on,” sang a group of colourfully clad girls as they waited for an overflowing bag of groceries to be handed down the line and into their hands.

T. Nichols photo About 15 Jasperites came together Dec. 21 to participate in a 115-year-old tradition. Just before 9 a.m.

M. Bradley photo Parks Canada captured and collared a cougar east of town Dec. 16, with the assistance of two cougar hounds that chased the animal and forced it into a tree.