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Jason Stockfish | [email protected] Council was presented with a Public Transportation Study and Action Plan during the Feb. 14 committee of the whole meeting.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Artists will share their own unique take on Jasper the Bear during an open-entry community exhibit in celebration of the character’s 75th birthday.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Long-time Jasper paramedic Rob Prinz recently received the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in recognition of his service to the province. Prinz was nominated for this medal by the Alberta Paramedic Association.

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Jasper RCMP provided a report for the final quarter of 2022 to municipal council during its regular meeting on Feb. 7. Sgt.

On Feb. 2, 2023, Canmore RCMP and Banff RCMP began an investigation into an incident that occurred in Dec. 2022 of unlawful possession of a firearm. As a result of a joint investigation between Canmore and Banff RCMP detachments, on Feb.

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Chances are very good that people much prefer to hear about avalanches than to be trapped in them.

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter That bridge on Snaring Road sure has seen better days; those days are coming back for it. Supt. Alan Fehr confirmed that both the Snaring Road Bridge and the H.J.

Ann Thomas | Special to the 51°µÍø Welcome to your new Jasper Seniors Society 51°µÍø column, which will appear every two weeks courtesy of the 51°µÍø . We have a new executive to introduce.

Jason Stockfish | [email protected] The local branch of the Association Canadienne Française de l’Alberta (ACFA) hosted its annual Jasper Winter Pentathlon Hivernal at Mildred Lake on Feb. 4.

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter For six out of the first 14 days of September 2022, Jasper’s air quality went above 80 micrograms of particulate matter sized 2.5 microns or less in width per cubic metre.