Opinion

Creative Commons photo Parks Canada has a history of silence. We've addressed this in the past, when the agency waited to announce delayed winter access in the Maligne Valley, without speaking a word about its missed deadline.

N. Veerman photo Recently Jasper’s municipal council has demonstrated some regulatory inventiveness, in an effort to hurdle legal roadblocks that are hampering local interests.

Dear Editor, This PJ Day (February 27) we did something special, together. We experienced first hand, the energy of marching together for a good cause.

It’s been a rough year for backcountry skiers. Jasper’s had plenty of snow, but with closures seemingly tacked up on every trailhead, there’s been almost nowhere to enjoy it. That is, of course, until now.

Looking for a summer job? Jasper’s got plenty. In fact, if businesses haven’t already started, very shortly they’ll be looking to hire the perfect employees to dote on the park’s summer visitors.

Dear Jasper, I tried not to feel like I had to write this letter, but the more I reminisce of the last nine years, the more I feel it is due.

Parks Canada photo Sgt. Mark Salesse, a search and rescue technician with more than a decade’s worth experience, was caught in an avalanche while on an authorized training exercise Feb. 5.

I didn’t know I had an autoimmune disease until I met Marta Rode.

Dear Editor, Margaret Atwood wrote: “The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn’t one,” but from the secrecy surrounding a development proposal at the airstrip one would think Parks Canada was running a spy agency rather than a Canadian

Dear Editor, I am responding to Loni Klettl’s letter from January 29th, 2015. I want to begin by acknowledging the privilege of witnessing a passionate woman’s process of grieving a change that greatly impacts her life.