Jasper

• Jasper affordable housing apartment receives funding boost as fire rebuild ramps up

  By the end of this year, 40 new below-market rate apartments are expected to be available in Jasper and a second build of the same size is in the works.

  Canada

  Mar 5
  
• Best friends who played on Jasper hockey team remembered as ‘bright shining lights’

  A memorial at the Jasper arena honours best friends Danica Hills and Kayla Peacock, who on Monday laced up for what would be their last practice before being killed that night.

  Canada

  Feb 25
  
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• 2 Jasper hockey players killed in crash with semi on way home to Hinton

  The western Alberta town of Hinton is grieving the deaths of two teenagers who were killed in a crash with a semi while driving home from their Jasper Bearcats hockey practice.

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  Feb 24
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• Back to Jasper: Visitors invited to enjoy the Alberta mountain town this winter

  As Jasper continues to rebuild from the 2024 wildfire, the municipality, businesses and residents say the picturesque Alberta mountain town has plenty for visitors to do and see.

  Consumer

  Dec 8, 2025
• Jasper Park Lodge GM who saved iconic hotel from wildfire receives prestigious award

  Inspired by Fort McMurray residents who turned on sprinklers during the 2016 wildfire, Garrett Turta had the JPL's irrigation system turned on as flames rushed towards the hotel.

  Fire

  Nov 5, 2025
• Parks Canada releases two reports on Jasper fire confirming cause, development

  The fire destroyed a third of the town in July 2024 and forced 25,000 residents and visitors to flee.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2025
• Jasper marks 1 year since thousands fled wildfire ahead of townsite devastation

  One year after a wildfire forced 25,000 visitors and residents to flee Jasper National Park, tourists have returned and townsite residents are slowly rebuilding their lives.

  Fire

  Jul 22, 2025
• Jasper mayor stands by critical wildfire report, expects no bad blood with province

  Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland said the independent report commissioned by the townsite has been misrepresented and was never intended to be, in his words, a 'political document.'

  Fire

  Jul 21, 2025
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• Jasper’s slow rebuild one year after wildfire is a ‘full box of emotions’

  On July 24, 2024, a devastating wildfire swept through the remote mountain town in Jasper National Park in Alberta's Rockies, incinerating a third of its structures. 

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2025
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• Wildfire-ravaged Jasper prepares for diminished summer tourism 1 year later

  Between campsite closures and several hotels that were destroyed in the fire, less space for tourists will likely result in a 20 per cent decline in business revenue.

  Canada

  Apr 5, 2025