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Alex Walker is off to Austria to compete in the 2013 World Rowing Under-23 Championships.Row2k photo Alex Walker will represent Canada on the world stage in two weeks time.

This tiny bird received a band around its leg during the July 5 bird banding session near Pyramid beach.Sarah Makowsky photo If you’re at Pyramid beach at 4:30 a.m.

Since being diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 1987, Randolph Westphal has been biking around the world with his four-legged companions.

Hannah Marvin and Adina Doole pose during a photoshoot for this year's Safe is Sexy campaign, which aims to eduate young adults about positive sexual health.

West Yellowhead Roller Derby (WYRD) battles it out with the Grimshaw Grim Reapers. Nicole Veerman photo Third time’s the charm for West Yellowhead Roller Derby, who won its first bout Saturday night.

For 21 years, the Bellmen’s Auction has united the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Jasper, all in the name of charity. The tradition began when JPL bellman Tim Melanson, now guest services manager, noticed a divide between the lodge and the town.

Del Barber is performing at the Jasper Legion July 25. Mark Maryanovich photo The Jasper Legion is Del Barber’s most played venue in Canada.

Moving to a new town and dealing with co-workers, roommates, and other issues can be stressful, so one Jasperite started a group where residents can connect and discuss the challenges they’re facing.

As well as donning Red Serge in the Canada Day parade and raising the flag at the Information Centre, the Jasper RCMP were called to the Athabasca Hotel Canada Day long weekend to find an intoxicated man brandishing a machete.

Wild Jasper speaker series tonight Get plugged in to the research and issues of Jasper National Park! Parks Canada and the Interpretive Guiding Association (IGA) have partnered on a speaker series aimed at keeping guides, residents and interested vis