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N. Veerman photo The library and cultural centre’s uneven floors are holding up progress on the already overdue construction project.

The moratorium on the food service industry’s access to temporary foreign workers is already impacting Jasper. However, that impact has the potential to increase significantly if the federal government can’t come to a quick resolution.

Photo courtesy of Loni Klettl Now that Marmot Basin’s 50th year of operation is complete and the parking lot mud has dried like cement in your boots and tire wells, it’s time to turn your gaze over to another mountain—the mountain known as Whistlers,

T. Nichols photo More than any other day this year, May 11 felt like spring, making it a perfectly appropriate day for the 30th annual Spring Run Off.

N. Veerman photo There will be no outdoor rodeo this summer, despite the Jasper Heritage Rodeo Association’s efforts to bring the 88-year-old event out from under the fluorescent lights and back into the light of day.

Madame Rebecka Riddell-McKay’s Grade 5 physical education class stormed the Jasper Activity Centre May 7, literally climbing the walls as they learned the basics of both rock climbing and kayaking.

Students turned everyday objects into drums, sanded soapstone, scratched records and duct taped their friends to the walls of the gym, May 8, all while their teachers watched, laughed and rejoiced in the freedom of Education Week.

Quicker than almost anyone expected, Jasper is getting a portable ultrasound machine.

Photo courtesy of Parks and People, 1987 If not for a dying request from Stefanija Wilson, Jasper Park Liquor probably wouldn’t exist.

Parks Canada photo Elk calving, bears in the valley, and coyote denning “There I was, lost in my thoughts, enjoying a spring jog on newly dry trails, when I looked up to see a cow elk glaring at me and grinding her teeth.