Opinion

N. Veerman photo The three-week holiday recovery period is over and now it’s time for another host of festivities, as we welcome back Jasper’s signature winter festival: Jasper in January.

Dear Editor, Having lived here for over 30 years, I find it puzzling that a housing shortage continues.

R. Fletcher photo The drive into town is slowly becoming more beautiful. It’s not the mountains that are changing, rather it’s the face of the community. Businesses are investing in a makeover, upgrading the look and feel of Connaught Drive.

The Jasper Environmental Association (JEA) sympathizes with Parks Canada’s present field staff, which is faced with an uphill struggle to save one of Canada’s most iconic species.

Jasper National Park’s human history is full of remarkable individuals. This breed of unique, distinctively “true mountain souls”always surfaces when most needed. Their gift is the courage to see near-invisible cracks in the norm.

Timing is everything. And there is no doubt Parks Canada's latest announcement on caribou conservation was timed quite deliberately.

N. Veerman photo Housing has been a persistent issue in Jasper for decades. The shortage of affordable, quality homes isn’t news.

Dear Editor, Oh my God, the contractor has finally come up with a completion date for our new library. It must be true because there is a nice colourful graph to prove it. But wait a second, the graph says it won’t be completed until Sept. 1, 2015.

Dear Editor, As a new resident of Jasper, I have noticed the editorial section of the Fitzhugh is often steaming with letters of anger, frustration and sarcasm.

C. Davidson illustration Let’s be honest: Jasperites are long past the point where we view the Jasper AB Buy, Sell and Trade Facebook group as just a place to buy old couches.