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Due to the 51°µÍø's print deadlines, we were unable to address this issue in our Oct. 17 edition of the paper. In our effort to provide the community with the best possible coverage ahead of the Oct.

Students of Jasper Junior/Senior High School put candidates for mayor, council and school trustee on the spot, Oct. 17, in their very own all candidates forum.

Human resource managers from around the region gathered in Hinton last week to gauge how recent changes to the temporary foreign worker program will affect their businesses.

Creative Commons photo Despite what seemed like an unwieldy number of candidates, the Oct. 9 all candidates forum gave each prospective mayor and councillor a chance to share their platform and answer at least one question from the crowd.

Printed here are the final questions the 51°µÍø posed to the 23 candidates running for mayor and council in the Oct. 21 municipal election.

T. Nichols photo Deputy Fire Chief Don Smith visited the Jasper Elementary School Oct. 8 as part of a week-long series of visits to talk to kids about fire prevention.

T. Nichols photo The Jasper Glaciers were victorious again, in no small part due to a very tight defense that not only stopped Edson’s Holy Redeemer Rebels twice inside the 10 yard line, but created four turnovers and scored a defensive touchdown.

Parks Canada unveiled the details of two new areas it plans to develop as skiing destinations to offset the delayed winter opening of large areas of the park, at a public meeting Oct. 10.

K. Gedling photo From 1908 to the early 1920s, an industrial town in the east end of Jasper National Park housed the workers and families of those who supplied coal for the competing railways that ran through the park.

Get out and vote The municipal election is Monday, Oct. 21. Polls will be open at the Jasper Activity Centre from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. In order to vote, you need to present at least one piece of approved identification.