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A s if the leadership of the free world was hanging in the balance, last weekend all eyes were on Jasper when the Drayton Valley Stars rolled into town to play the Midget Bearcats in a two-party hockey showdown.

H ere’s how community hockey works in Jasper. Kids sign up on a team in their age group and they play.

He’s a honky-tonk hero, a rockabilly role model and a coy cowboy, but most of all Corb Lund is an Albertan. Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans will be playing a sold-out show at the Jasper Royal Canadian Legion, Nov. 14.

While scrolling through emails, songwriter Trevor Alguire stumbled across a message from an unfamiliar address. After curiously opening the note, Alguire said he was humbled and surprised at what he found.

Dear editor, Imagine visiting Paris or Rome and walking into a Tourist Information Centre; you look around and your eyes meet a flat screen with a slideshow about all the architectural landmarks except Notre-Dame or St. Peter’s Basilica.

Jadea Kelly will be performing at the Whistle Stop Pub, Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. Photo submitted. Using her own life as inspiration, Jadea Kelly’s Lust & Love tells the all too familiar tale of desire, infidelity and forgiveness.

Sweet Alibi will be at the Whistle Stop Pub Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. Submitted photo. It’s been almost a year since Sweet Alibi released Walking in the Dark, the third album for the folk-rock trio.

Little brown bat. Parks Canada/K. Vanderwolf Halloween is just around the corner in Jasper National Park. As you know, one of the mammals most associated with this time of year are bats.

My big brother brought the first real rock-and-roll album into our house. It was Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf and we played that record until the grooves wore out and it skipped more than Ferris Bueller.

In this biopic motion picture, Meryl Streep reenacts the inspiring true story of the world’s worst singer. Florence Jasper Jenkins • Nov. 3 • 7 p.m.