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Carrie White photo When given the opportunity to publicly question the proposal to develop a 66-room hotel at Maligne Lake, Nov. 27, Jasperites didn’t shy away.

Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives photo It’s been 90 years since the Jasper Curling Club first emerged in Jasper, and no one knows its history better than former member, and collector of memorabilia, Sandy Robinson.

Creative Commons photo In the past six months, the Foothills Research Institute found three of its collared research bears shot and killed.

N. Veerman photo Sporting different hairstyles and extravagant outfits each time, Mychol Ormandy, as his alter ego Toni Lester Van Blam, performed three of Cher’s greatest hits at the Jasper Legion, Nov. 30.

Creative Commons photo Brian Kearnan was heading out for a walk early this October when his dogs started barking and pulled him toward a tree behind his house. He looked up and was surprised to have his gaze met by the masked face of a raccoon.

G. Horne photo There’s a fungus slowly spreading across North America, and it’s wreaking havoc on the continent’s bat populations. Even though it hasn’t yet reached Alberta, Parks Canada is taking precautions.

N. Veerman photo Local thespians will bring Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the stage, Dec. 13.

T. Nichols photo Shawn Arsenault’s Grade 6 class was hard at work last month raising money for one of their schoolmates. The students raised $407.

New look, same Fitz Notice something different? We hope so. We gave the Fitzhugh an overhaul, after all. Having just celebrated our eighth anniversary, we felt it was time to evolve our design into a look that better reflects our staff and community.

M. Bradley photo The Jasper National Park Annual Public Forum allows Parks Canada to hear from the community and get a sense of how the agency is doing. This year’s forum took place Nov. 6.