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Parks Canada unveiled the details of two new areas it plans to develop as skiing destinations to offset the delayed winter opening of large areas of the park, at a public meeting Oct. 10.

K. Gedling photo From 1908 to the early 1920s, an industrial town in the east end of Jasper National Park housed the workers and families of those who supplied coal for the competing railways that ran through the park.

Get out and vote The municipal election is Monday, Oct. 21. Polls will be open at the Jasper Activity Centre from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. In order to vote, you need to present at least one piece of approved identification.

Submitted Photo If you think a little whiplash from too much head banging is going to stop The Mahones, think again. In fact, according to lead singer Finny McConnell, pretty much the whole band is busted up from some on-stage injury.

Star Correspondents Sara Hamil (left) and Candice MacAulay (right).Submitted photo Oct. 7, as Sara Hamil refreshed her email for nearly the hundredth time, a message popped into her inbox.

Submitted photo This November, every soldier laid to rest in the Jasper Cemetery will receive a poppy from a junior high student, as a gesture of remembrance and thanks. The initiative is called No Stone Left Alone.

submitted photo What’s so interesting about the fossilized remains of a sea creature the size of a thumbnail, that died hundreds of millions of years ago? According to Dr. Javier Ortega-Hernández, a whole lot.

T. Nichols photo A milestone of Jasper’s cycling season took place last Sunday. Freewheel Cycle’s annual Dual-a-thalon saw a group of Jasper mainstays strap on their gear and battle it out in the shadow of the mountains.

D. Betts photo Anne Williams was born to guide and breed curiosity.

Twenty-three candidates: it’s the most Jasper has ever seen in a municipal election. Such a broad range is exciting, but for many, overwhelming. Dr.