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T. Nichols photo Jasper Fire Chief Greg Van Tighem stepped aside, Nov. 13, to make way for a new fire chief: Grade 4 student Kira Peel.

Jasper’s latest family dance was a high-energy affair, with costumed kiddies tearing up the dance floor with their parents. Around 200 people filled the Activity Centre, Nov. 22.

In an effort to decorate a tree for the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives’ annual Festival of Trees, the Friends of Jasper held an ornament making workshop, Nov. 16.

M. Bradley photo Jasper’s caribou herds are declining in size. Last month, Parks Canada employees did their annual count of the four herds that call the park home and found that, once again, there are fewer caribou than last year.

T. Nichols photo Jasper Junior/Senior High School’s top student from last year’s graduating class returned to its halls last week to pick up some prestigious hardware.

R. Fletcher photo Jasper’s poker stars are invited to play their luck in a Texas Hold’em tournament organized by the Jasper Victim Services Unit, Nov. 23.

1998 AIDS Walk in Jasper.Submitted photo While lying in a hospital bed, with a ventilator strapped to his mouth and nose, Doug Ritchie wrote a message to a visiting friend: “You’re going to have to help me with this. I have AIDS.

Erwin T. Lim photo When typhoon Haiyan surged through the Philippines Nov. 7 it did so with menacing intensity, leaving behind a devastated country coping with an estimated 3,000–4,000 people dead and close to two million homeless.

Maligne Tours released its conceptual proposal outlining its redevelopment plans for Maligne Lake, Nov. 15, and scheduled public forums in Jasper and Edmonton to discuss it at the end of the month.

Wednesday, Nov. 27Jasper Legion, 9 p.m.