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Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives If it wasn’t for a disgruntled railroad employee, who knows when Jasper’s children would have started school. In 1914, Webb B.

N. Veerman photo In the months leading up to a show, Claude Boocock uses her home as her own personal gallery, hanging her latest work on every accessible nail.

Submitted photo The trip from Alberta to Antarctica, to compete in the Antarctica Marathon and Half Marathon, starts with a 19-hour plane ride to Ushusia, the southernmost city in the world.

Creative commons photo Jasper’s ol’ Zamboni—which was almost the lone causality in the Jan. 26 arena fire—will live to see another day. This news comes after the machine was assessed for a third time.

J. Deagle photo This year, Parks Canada is restoring two culverts to improve fish passage and aquatic connectivity.

Nathan Froehler photo Back in town after a day of riding in Jasper’s backcountry March 22, the sunburned and disheveled participants of the Ascend Splitboarding Festival gathered in the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives to debrief, and get the sk

N. Veerman photo Fundraising efforts to bring a portable ultrasound machine to Jasper are in full swing, and an outpouring of community support has helped the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary pass the halfway point on its mission to collect $60,000.

Submitted photo The municipality is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying who is responsible for illegally dumping a “diesel-like substance” on Birch Avenue on or around March 13.

N. Veerman photo Six Jasper women are hitting the job market with new skills and a whole new sense of confidence this week, after completing the Tourism Essentials Program at the Jasper Adult Learning Centre.

Jacquie Beasse photo Ladies of all ages gathered at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge last weekend to jump on beds, throw pillows, eat candy and dance in their pyjamas with Canadian icon, Jann Arden.