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Sizable scholarship helps with 'house' work

Sizable scholarship helps with 'house' work

Although he is far away from his family in Jasper and around Alberta, Tristen Brown is thinking of home. More specifically, he is thinking about Indigenous housing.
Hinton RCMP warns the public about Labour Trafficking

Hinton RCMP warns the public about Labour Trafficking

Hinton RCMP has received reports of possible trafficking of foreign workers in the area.
Canada’s first astronaut to visit space giving talk in Jasper

Canada’s first astronaut to visit space giving talk in Jasper

Peter Shokeir | [email protected] Canada’s first astronaut to go to space will be speaking at the Forest Park Hotel on Oct. 12 as part of this year’s Jasper Dark Sky Festival.
Truth and Reconciliation Day a time ‘to grieve and heal’

Truth and Reconciliation Day a time ‘to grieve and heal’

Canada's tragic legacy of the Indian residential school system and the Sixties Scoop affects thousands of people every day.
Proactivity is the key for guiding community's plea

Proactivity is the key for guiding community's plea

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The gallery was full when members of three different guiding organizations formed a delegation at last week's Jasper municipal council meeting requesting a letter of support.
Documentary explores poetry of climate change in living colour

Documentary explores poetry of climate change in living colour

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter What does it mean to you when the mountain lakes lose their blue? Filmmaker Leanne Allison dives into that question in poetic ways with her newest documentary “Losing Blue.
Massive cedar monument honouring residential school victims passes through Banff

Massive cedar monument honouring residential school victims passes through Banff

It’s taken an army, the coast guard, the Navy and members of RCMP to help carry the weight of Kwakiutl First Nation master carver Stan Hunt’s 18-foot sacred monument made to commemorate victims and survivors of residential schools, across the country.
Bull elk rams truck amid rut

Bull elk rams truck amid rut

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter "Elk can be aggressive and attack without warning," reads Parks Canada's webpage on elk safety.
Seniors Society 51°µÍø

Seniors Society 51°µÍø

Ann Thomas | Special to the 51°µÍø Welcome to your Jasper Seniors Society 51°µÍø column, which appears every two weeks courtesy of the 51°µÍø.
Smoke the burden of Jasper's summer weather

Smoke the burden of Jasper's summer weather

Scott Hayes | [email protected] Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Jasper didn't experience the same heat that it did in 2022, though it did see much of the recurring and problematic wildfire smoke in the air that the rest of the province did.
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