Opinion

As of June 9 there were 380 job posting in Jasper, according to Ginette Marcoux, executive director for the Jasper Employment and Education Centre. File photo.

Grade 4 and 5 students recently learned about the importance of growing local. P. Clarke photo.

Dear editor, Over the past few months I have witnessed several events that suggest local businesses are failing to lead by example and up hold Parks Canada’s mandate.

The Jasper Food Bank Society is not in dire straits, as was stated in last week’s issue (Bare shelves at the food bank, May 25). It is simply experiencing its natural ebb and flow of full shelves and not-so-full shelves.

The world is a meaner place since the first community garage sale in support of Mountains of Relief, the local charity replacing a school flattened by an earthquake in the mountains of Nepal two years ago.

Dear editor, This past week, I attended a mountain pine beetle (MPB) seminar in Jasper. The place was filled with scientists and forest health practitioners from across Canada, and especially from Western Canada.

Parks Canada recently set up nine trailers in the old woodlot across from Old Fort Point Road to house its staff this summer. P. Clarke photo. It goes without saying that the number one issue facing Jasper is housing.

The retail sector in Jasper has been hardest hit according to a recent business survey. P Clarke photo.

Parks Canada recently set up nine trailers in the old woodlot across from Old Fort Point Road to house its staff this summer. P. Clarke photo.

It’s amazing what can happen in a matter of two weeks.