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Dancers bring home medals

N. Veerman photo Jasper’s competitive dancers travelled to Calgary earlier this month to compete in the Terpsichore Dance Celebration.

Students create legacy art

Recently, Jasper artist Libby Weir did an artist in residency project with students from the Jasper Junior/Senior High School, and the resulting clay tiles will be used to create a mural in the new school, which is set to open next September.

Spring soccer stars

N. Veerman photo Under the heat of a warm spring sun, Jasper played host to soccer teams from around the region last weekend, welcoming Hinton, Whitecourt and Edson to town.

Reflecting on a year of ski racing

D. Turcot photo It looks like a bomb went off in my garage: slalom skis over there, GS skis over here, a stack of various ski poles in the corner, some broken, some usable but all battle-scared from contact with gates.

Running wild for 30 years

T. Nichols photo More than any other day this year, May 11 felt like spring, making it a perfectly appropriate day for the 30th annual Spring Run Off.

Something in the water

T. Nichols photo It was tough to get to Jasper in the early 20th century: there were few quick and safe travel options, and with no real roads running into town, options were limited.

Students learn traditional Métis jig

N. Veerman photo Following a Métis jigging workshop, May 2, all of Jasper Elementary School’s students walked away with a basic understanding of the dance, as well as 10 “fancy steps.

Temporary foreign workers ‘a last resort, not a first choice’

Dear Editor, I know Jasper, and Canada as a whole, need the temporary foreign worker program. That fact is undebatable.

Willy Wonka comes to Jasper

Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15Jasper Junior/Senior High School, 7 p.m.$15 for adults$5 for 10 and underN.

Yoga festival takes over town

T. Nichols photo It was 7:30 in the morning, May 4, and Ichih Wang padded through a carpeted room in the Lobstick Lodge, weaving among about two-dozen people splayed out on yoga mats.
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