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Although an outdoor rodeo would be ideal, and it could quickly solve all of the issues surrounding the use of the Jasper Arena, it seems unlikely that one will occur this summer.

Three former Parks Canada bosses made national headlines last week, when they released a letter to the minister of environment, asking that she put a stop to Maligne Tours’ proposal to build a hotel on one of Jasper’s iconic lakes.

We’ve done our best to stay positive, but the latest surprises at the library and cultural centre have finally snuffed our optimism.

It’s been nearly two years since the Jasper Sustainability Club for Youth was given the big news: a sustainable, net-zero classroom—the first of its kind—was coming to town, and it was because of the students’ words and passion that it was going to b

Jasper, it’s almost time to engage. Sometime in the next four weeks, Parks Canada will release its long-awaited draft implementation strategy for the Maligne Valley, and at that time, yet another public engagement process will begin.

The rainbows are up, the events are planned and soon the party will begin. This weekend Jasper will celebrate its fifth annual Pride Weekend—an event that started with meagre beginnings in 2009 and this year has grown into the largest venue in town.

Jasper has been bustling with French culture this month, in honour of les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, an annual three-week festival celebrated in communities across the country.

On March 8, women and men around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day for the 103rd time.

If we had to guess—based on the site superintendent’s unwillingness to give a completion date and the state of the building right now—we’d say the library and cultural centre will still be under construction come March.

In December we called on council to scrimp and save on the 2014 operating budget, and on Tuesday scrimp and save it did.