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It was like a scene right out of The Polar Express as hundreds of children lined up outside Jasper’s train station for a chance to ride the rails with Old St. Nicholas, Nov. 29.

Coincidence or not, the Jasper Film Club’s final movie of the year, Denial, is a non-fiction, courtroom drama that is sure to stir up debate, especially in Jasper. Denial | 7 p.m. | Dec. 8 | $10.

L ast weekend the Jasper Midget Bearcats faced off twice against the Ponoka Wolves in a two-game showdown that were two sides of the same coin. Saturday’s game was what could only be described as an undisciplined gong-show.

S ome weeks I take the easy road when scribbling these rants. That path is to focus on the score, the goal scorers and the penalties; the essential nuts-and-bolts of the game. But this overlooks the efforts of the kids you came here to read about.

The Jasper Sustainability Club for Youth is hoping locals, young and old, will duke it out for its second annual tree-growing contest. Grade 8 students, Keandra (left) and Nalani Gruys, are part of the Jasper Sustainability Club for Youth.

As the days get shorter and the mercury dips, curling up in front of the TV, watching movies and gorging on comfort food starts to become more and more appealing, but Jasperite Joe Urie is once again asking locals to spend the month of December getti

S pace was tight as holiday shoppers searched for the perfect gift during the annual Christmas Craft Fair at the Jasper Activity Centre, Nov. 20. P.Clarke photo Up for grabs was a huge variety of artisan goods from crocheted toques to homemade pie.

Every September we plant our hockey garden. For the Jasper PeeWee Bears, the soil is rich and the seeds, deeply sown, are beginning to germinate.

I n Leonard Cohen’s hard to read novel, Beautiful Losers, is the passage: “How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me.” There was a strong sense of that tension as the Jasper Midget Bearcats faced the Barrhead Steelers, Nov. 13.

Dear editor, I was deeply touched by the Legion’s annual sponsorship of the Remembrance Day service, here in Jasper on Nov. 11, 2016.