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Backcountry closures appease environmental groups and recreationalists

Parks Canada photo Parks Canada’s decision on backcountry closures, released last week, strikes a fine balance between caribou conservation and winter recreation.

JPL Canada’s top public golf course

A. Bradley photo The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge’s golf course received the highest honour in SCOREGolf magazine’s top 59 Canadian public golf courses, being named No. 1.

Disappearing giants: Are we losing whitebark pine?

Parks Canada photo Tucked away in the subalpine of Jasper National Park, centuries-old giants struggle for survival.

National Park News AUGUST 1

Caribou conservation and enhanced winter recreation On Friday, July 26, Parks Canada announced the decision to offer new and enhanced winter recreational opportunities and implement new caribou conservation actions in Jasper National Park.

In Brief AUGUST 1

JVSU seeks donations Jasper Victim Services Unit has sold all 144 spots in its annual golf tournament, but the organization is still on the hunt for donations.

30 years of Friends

The Friends of Jasper board of directors with Jasper National Park Superintendent Greg Fenton, Mayor Richard Ireland and MP Rob Merrifield.

Parkway rockfall a ‘rare event’

The dusty aftermath of the July 17 rockslide on the Icefield Parkway, 126 km south of Jasper.J.

New badge at Jasper RCMP

Const. Patrick Vallee, originally from Trois-Rivières, Que., is the Japser RCMP's newest member.Sarah Makowsky photo Const. Patrick Vallee, a Trois-Rivières, Que. transplant, is the Jasper RCMP detachment’s newest addition.

Jasper adrenalin flows in Canmore

Ryan Gardiner's seat broke during the 24 Hours of Adrenalin race in Canmore. Luckily he brought a spare.

Wrestlers Spar on Jasper’s mats

Sean Allen photo The Jasper Activity Centre was swarming with tussling wrestlers last week, during the 27th annual Rocky Mountains Wrestling Camp.
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