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Parks Canada photo The sun is once again beaming down on Jasper National Park after 48 hours of heavy snowfall last week.

Creative Commons photo December is Impaired Driving Awareness Month, and the Jasper RCMP is stepping up enforcement to try to crack down on what remains one of the most serious road safety concerns in Canada.

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Wallace snags medal in the jungle Jasper’s intrepid mountain biker, Cory Wallace, had yet another podium finish Nov.

T. Nichols photo If all goes as planned, in a little more than a year—possibly even sooner—Jasper will have a newly built, completely certified heliport. And it wont cost the municipality a penny.

N. Veerman photo The owners of the former home of Everything But—on the east end of Connaught Drive—hope to demolish the old, dilapidated structure and replace it with a mixed commercial and residential building.

File photo/A. Grant Every Friday for the last 20 years, seniors have been picked up from their homes and driven downtown to shop, run errands and visit the doctor. It’s a service that was identified as a need in 1994 and has run ever since.

Submitted photo The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge is finally getting its $16 million dollar renovation.

Jeff Bartlett photo Jasper’s spot in the 2015 Tour of Alberta is in the hands of Tourism Jasper and Parks Canada.

Creative Commons photo The lights are dim, with a spotlight hovering over a single microphone. First on stage is Niki Wilson.