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Imagine standing on the summit of a mountain. It鈥檚 cold: so cold the air sears your nostrils every time you breathe in. You鈥檝e climbed for two days, across glaciers, over crevasses and up sheer rock walls. You鈥檙e exhausted, but you can鈥檛 rest.

The Jasper Folk Music Festival is finally here. Friday, Sept. 13 the rockin鈥� weekend of good tunes will kick off, beginning with a set by Battle Royale winner Emma Acorn.

T. Nichols photo You can explain the physics of it until you鈥檙e choking on variables, but when an AW139 helicopter teeters off the ground, its whomping, six-metre blades spitting rocks and conjuring dust clouds, it feels like magic.

In hopes of getting Jasper on the route map in the future, Mayor Richard Ireland, left, and Coun. Dwain Wacko, right, travelled to Edmonton for the start of the 900-kilometre Tour of Alberta bike race last week.

Busking might not be an election issue this October, but it will be an issue that comes up early on in the next council term. It鈥檚 been a year since Monika Schaefer first asked council to consider and discuss the legalization of busking in town.

With summer slipping away, the opportunities for stargazing are increasing by the day鈥攁nd just in time, too. Dark Sky Month鈥擮ctober鈥攁nd the third annual Jasper Dark Sky Festival鈥擮ct. 25鈥�27鈥攁re just around the corner.

N. Veerman photo The thermometer outside the museum hit the ceiling on Saturday, as members of the Jasper-Yellowhead Museum and Archives Society received a cheque for $39,000.

Volunteers help keep our backyard beautiful Recently, six volunteers from Jasper and seven volunteers from Banff met up in Jasper National Park to clean up trash along the Maligne Canyon trail.

Tourism Jasper names CEO Mary Darling can finally remove 鈥渁cting鈥� from her title, as she is officially the new CEO of Tourism Jasper.

There鈥檚 more to being on town council than showing up for a few meetings a month and voting 鈥測ea鈥� or 鈥渘ay鈥� on issues.