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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.

N. Veerman photo Sporting different hairstyles and extravagant outfits each time, Mychol Ormandy, as his alter ego Toni Lester Van Blam, performed three of Cher’s greatest hits at the Jasper Legion, Nov. 30.

T. Kemple photo Jasper is a town full of outdoor enthusiasts, but Dec. 8 and 9 are a couple of days enthusiasts might want to spend inside, hunkered down in comfy movie theatre seating, munching popcorn.

N. Veerman photo Local thespians will bring Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to the stage, Dec. 13.

Last weekend, midget hockey teams from across the region made the trek to Jasper to battle it out on the ice. The Jasper Bearcats hosted the tournament, which had the Jasper Activity Centre bustling all weekend.

Submitted photo Six years ago, when Sean MacCarron moved to Jasper to work for Marmot Basin, there wasn’t a designated snowboard team in town. So, shortly after his arrival, he started one: Jasper Free Mountain Snowboard Team.

Goals punctuate a hockey game, providing excitement and helping to tell the story. But they are not the whole story. They only describe the end point of the play that involves many players, coaches and even referees.

Dear Editor, One thing that is clear from the recent state of political scandals is they stem from a lack of transparency and accountability in government: people don’t know what their government is doing and the government is not held responsible fo

Dear Editor, On Tuesday evening (Nov.26), I attended a presentation in Edmonton put on by Maligne Tours Ltd. promoting the company’s plan to build a hotel at Maligne Lake.

Dear Editor, The Brewster Glacier Skywalk went through despite all the opposition to it. It is up and it will be open to a fee-paying public within months. That project planted the seed of cynicism in my mind.