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Decorate with Santa

T. Nichols photo As the thermostat plummeted outside, St. Nick lounged in the comfort of the museum, Dec. 7, watching children scamper through the gallery, and occasionally posing for a picture.

Christmas on the tracks

T. Nichols photo For the 10th year in a row, Jasper families packed into festively decorated train cars for an afternoon of Christmas cheer on the rails. The Santa Train chugged out of Jasper Dec.

Counting birds and keeping records

Submitted photo In just a few days, a dedicated group of Jasper birders will head into the park for a day of counting.

Sam Hate rocks again

Friday, Dec. 13 at the Olive BistroSaturday, Dec. 14 at the Jasper Legion It wasn’t long after Sam Heine arrived in Edmonton that he felt himself falling into his musical place.

Resisting the pressure to grow up

Submitted photo With a milestone birthday fresh in his mind and society telling him to grow up, Sean Burns packed up his guitar, his band and his bags for a week and a half on the road.

There's something in the soil

You’ve probably never heard of it; you can’t smell it or taste it or see it, but radon gas is in your house. In fact, radon is in just about every house, and most of the time it’s harmless.

National Park 51°µÍø: DECEMBER 12, 2013

Parks Canada photo An exciting and important partnership initiative is occurring in Jasper National Park.

Maligne Tours put on the spot

Carrie White photo When given the opportunity to publicly question the proposal to develop a 66-room hotel at Maligne Lake, Nov. 27, Jasperites didn’t shy away.

90 years of mountainside curling

Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives photo It’s been 90 years since the Jasper Curling Club first emerged in Jasper, and no one knows its history better than former member, and collector of memorabilia, Sandy Robinson.

Grizzly bears found illegally shot in Alberta

Creative Commons photo In the past six months, the Foothills Research Institute found three of its collared research bears shot and killed.
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