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This week, Tyler cooked a tourtière, a traditional meat pie dish from Quebec, with a recipe from ACFA Jasper. | T.Wright photo Tyler Wright | Special to the Fitzhugh Bonjour et bienvenue dans l'édition de cette semaine de Taste of Jasper.

Jasper Employment and Education Centre shares advice for employees worried about safety at their workplaces. | Stock photo Joanne McQuarrie - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

Satoko Naito, known as Rico, is this month's featured artist at the Jasper Artists Guild (JAG) Gallery. Her new abstract style has caught the eye of art lovers; four of her 12 paintings have been sold already.

With 12 active cases of COVID-19 and a rate of more than 50 cases per 100,000 people, Jasper is now considered above threshold and is subject to enhanced measures by the province.

For the past 16 years, VIA Rail has organized the Annual Santa Train for Santas Anonymous which is always well attended by children of all ages excited to see Santa.

Kevin Lazzari| Special to the Fitzhugh In 1973 Michael Crichton wrote and directed a film called Westworld. The premise of the movie was tourists could go to a futuristic world with a western theme.

Wreaths were laid at the cenotaph across from the Jasper Legion on Nov. 11 as part of the Remembrance Day ceremony. | J.McQuarrie photos Joanne McQuarrie - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

Amanda Yagminas has created amazing confections over the years and is vying for the title of The Greatest Baker of 2020, an online competition open to bakers from all over the world.

Jasper-Yellowhead Historical Society, Jasper Artists Guild and Habitat for the Arts presented their 2021 funding requests to council at their Nov. 10 meeting. | File photo Joanne McQuarrie, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter | reporter@fitzhugh.

Roy Patterson, who lived in Jasper for 28 years, was an inspiration to many. Patterson died on Oct. 29 at the Westlock Continuing Care facility.