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Marco Calliari Wednesday, April 8 at the Jasper Legion, 8 p.m. $15 +GST Sean Mollitt photo The most famous Italian world music singer in Quebec spent nearly 20 years in a thrash metal band.

An intimate group of Jasperites gathered together at the SnowDome Coffee Bar, March 31, to share in an evening of poetry and compete for the opportunity to read in front of council.

Edith Cavell Every Jasperite knows the story of Edith Cavell. The British nurse worked in Belgium during the First World War, where she famously committed to treating all of the wounded, regardless of what side they fought for.

T. Nichols photo Last weekend the Jasper Curling Club’s mixed bonspiel drew teams from across the province to compete for curling glory in the Rocky Mountains.

T. Nichols photo It’s going to be a big year for the Jasper Junior/Senior High School rugby program. Not only has a girls team finally come together, but the boys team is poised to challenge for a berth in the provincial playoffs.

Submitted photo The Jasper Ski Team’s U14s and U16s participated in the Alpine Western Championships in Lake Louise March 22 and 23. The team was coached by Alex Rayner and Amelia Gillese.

Dear Editor, Half a world away one of the greatest threats to peace and stability of an entire region is being threatened by an incredibly dangerous and powerful group bent on establishing an extremist theocracy of sorts from the Dark Ages.

Festival organizers and volunteers gather around mainstage during the Sunday jam session. N.

Friday, April 10—Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives—7 p.m. to 10 p.m. It’s brown season, or as Megan Vicente puts it “decomposing elk poop season.

Eddie Wong photo - www.explorejasper.com Jasper Freeride had home snow advantage last weekend, when it hosted the Alberta Provincial Freestyle Championships with Marmot Basin.