Opinion

The Jasper Royal Canadian Legion has generated a strong local following in recent years in large part because of it's focus on live music. Brian Van Tighem photo.

Dear editor, Congratulations to the town of Jasper for shutting down the notorious Monika Schaefer once again. Her repellent views are a painful anomaly in a multi-dimensional community that believes in tolerance, equality, justice, and truth.

Dear editor, I commend Kayla Byrne on her fact-checking article that appeared in the Feb. 9 edition of the Fitzhugh.

Dear editor, I must commend Kayla Byrne’s article last week in the Fitzhugh about author Roberta Laurie’s experiences in Malawi, Africa and the book Laurie wrote as a result of her travels to Malawi.

Last week’s Fitzhugh was hard to read. It was at once hopeful and heartbreaking. I was encouraged to see Parks Canada cracking the door on openness with the public about the serious issues facing this park.

Dear editor, This letter is sent to further clarify initial content of your article of Dec.

Twenty-six people attended an open house about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project at the Jasper Municipal Library and Cultural Centre, Jan. 26. K Byrne photo.

Social media and airwaves are confusing, clogged with opposition to the proposed Icefields Trail, which will parallel the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to the Columbia Icefield. Every planned kilometer is smeared with controversy and hypocrisy.

A federal report is raising alarm bells about the role of journalism in Canada and the future of our democracy in the 21st century. Creative Commons photo.

Richard Ireland has been the mayor of Jasper since 2001, when Jasper became an official municipality. N.