Local News

Maligne closure unconfirmed Rumours are circulating throughout the community that Parks Canada will enact a temporary winter closure for the Maligne Valley this season, but—as of the Fitzhugh ’s press deadline—the agency was not ready to either confi

On Dec. 6 a woman was assaulted in the hallway of her Patricia Street apartment. According to her account on the Jasper AB Buy, Sell and Trade Facebook page, a man snuck in the door after her, but fled after she screamed.

Parks Canada photo A team of specialized cougar hounds came to town, Dec. 15, in an effort to track, capture, collar and relocate the two cougars that have been skulking around the townsite the past few weeks.

Photo courtesy of the RCMP Two Jasperites are among six people arrested last weekend, on charges related to drug trafficking.

Nicole Veerman photo The Canadian National Railway is going on a hiring spree, and Jasper will see more jobs because of it.

Fitzhugh file photo Plans for a culinary school in Jasper are picking up steam, after a visit from the president of Grande Prairie Regional College last week.

N. Veerman photo Proud parents, grandparents, siblings, friends and community members flocked to the multipurpose hall, Dec. 14, for the Jasper Dance Program’s annual Christmas recital.

Creative commons photo December is Impaired Driving Awareness Month, and data provided by the RCMP shows that more still needs to be done to eliminate drunk driving.

R. Bray/Parks Canada photo Jasper National Park has been monitoring and responding to mountain pine beetle (MPB) populations since they were first recorded in the park in 1999.

R. Gruys/Parks Canada photo It’s not just Jasper’s caribou that are struggling. The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society released its second annual report on the government’s efforts to save boreal woodland caribou Dec.