Opinion

Dear Editor, With reference to this week’s Fitzhugh front page headline and page 3 article “Malgine (sic) development before the courts”.

The Fitzhugh printed its first issue Nov. 3, 2005. For decades we’ve been told that the end is near for newspapers; that readers will—at the drop of a hat—abandon the tactile experience of flipping pages to consume news in a cleaner, faster way.

As a renter in Jasper, from the get-go you find yourself in a vulnerable position. The community has had a zero vacancy rate for decades, so there is little to no choice in where you live.

As the Coordinator of the Jasper Victim Services Unit, Paul Schmidt is on call at all hours of the day, ensuring that someone is always available to console and assist victims of tragic accidents and crimes in Jasper National Park.

As the country chose change, Alberta chose more of the same, Oct. 19, remaining a Conservative stronghold, with 29 out of 34 seats in the province going to the Tories. It's no surprise.

Creative Commons photo Advance polls closed Monday, Oct. 12, leaving Canadians with only one more day to cast a ballot in the 2015 federal election. That day, of course, is election day—Oct. 19.

There are challenges to being the newspaper in a small tourism town.

Dear Editor, When someone tells you to be worried, it pays to check what business they are in.

Dear Editor, This is in response to both the article on the firing of a Jasper Parks Senior Scientist and the Editorial from same issue. I do not know Mr. Wilmshurst nor am I familiar with his scientific endeavours on behalf of Parks Canada.

More than 400 years ago, the scientific revolution began with the work of Galileo, an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer and philosopher, who developed the science of motion.