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Enviro Week encourages eco-smarts

The e-waste round up is back, an event where people bring household hazardous materials for recycling and safe disposal.

Excellence rewarded

“I think it’s safe to say a lot of my high school teachers would be absolutely shocked that I’m in this position,” he said with a laugh. “I wasn’t the best student.

May 21 council briefs

Little said about library project The new tentative completion date for the library expansion and renovation is December 2013, 11 months after the original completion date of January 2013.

Back in the day

Jasper will never be the same town it was in past years, and it continues to change. No one can attest more to these changes than longtime residents who have witnessed and experienced Jasper’s evolution over time.

Mature Workers’ Program could end

The Jasper Adult Learning Centre has run the Mature Workers’ Program for the past year and 29 individuals have taken the program. It provides skills training for unemployed individuals ages 55 to 64.

Sustainability Club makes waves in Seattle

The Living Future unConference is an annual visionary gathering put on by the International Living Future Institute and Cascadia Green Building Council, who continuously draw together a sea of highly respected engineers, architects, entrepreneurs, go

From a seed to a tree

It was all part of a special lesson in urban forestry from Michael Rosen, president of Tree Canada. Rosen was in town for the CN EcoConnexions tree planting ceremony on Connaught Drive.

Plan to enhance Marmot Basin

If Marmot Basin gets its way, there will be increased snowmaking in the mid-mountain area, expanded parking lots, an expanded lower chalet and glading—thinned forests—on Milk Run, Elevator Chutes and Little Chicago.

‘From good to great’

One of the 13 recommendations in the recently-completed municipal services and structural review is for the municipality to restructure its departments so it only has four directors.

IN BRIEF - May 23, 2013

Book drop picks up readers If you’re out and about in Jasper next week and come across a book that has a big #readmeAB sticker, pick it up, take it home, read it, and pass it on.
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