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R. Fletcher photo Despite a successful 2013, the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives faces some significant challenges this year, according to the president of the Jasper-Yellowhead Historical Society, Herb Robinson.

Submitted photo In a mere 19 days, 36 of Jasper’s youth travelled through Germany, Poland and Czech Republic, seeing everything from the Berlin Wall to the Auschwitz Memorial Museum.

T. Nichols photo “The thing about tackling is it’s 90 per cent heart and 10 per cent skill,” Marshall Corbett said, as the semi-circle of high schoolers kneeling around him nodded.

Parks Canada Fire Management update Jasper is a fire adapted landscape. The plants and animals living here are adapted to fire because, for thousands of years, wildfires naturally and frequently burned through our valley bottoms.

Submitted photo An influx of transient workers from the Trans Mountain Expansion Project could mean an increase in sexually transmitted infections, according to HIV West Yellowhead.

T. Nichols photo One hundred Jasperites packed into a newly-decorated Smitty’s restaurant April 11, to attend Alfred Kong and Marianne Lau’s Asian Night, in support of the Jasper Ladies Hospital Auxiliary’s ultrasound fundraising efforts.

If you’ve ever walked into a Jasper business and been delighted by the warm smile of an enthusiastic employee, there’s a strong chance you’ve encountered a graduate of the Share the Spirit program.

T. Nichols photo Community Outreach Services has been out in force over the past few weeks, canvassing the community to rustle up participants for its diversity project.

Submitted photo It took almost two years to happen, but with some strategic pestering and the right connections, the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives finally received a shipping container last week.

N. Veerman photo For the sixth year in a row, Oka Sushi’s “chopstick locker” program raised funds to donate to local community organizations.