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Little said about library project The new tentative completion date for the library expansion and renovation is December 2013, 11 months after the original completion date of January 2013.

Jasper will never be the same town it was in past years, and it continues to change. No one can attest more to these changes than longtime residents who have witnessed and experienced Jasper’s evolution over time.

The Jasper Adult Learning Centre has run the Mature Workers’ Program for the past year and 29 individuals have taken the program. It provides skills training for unemployed individuals ages 55 to 64.

The Living Future unConference is an annual visionary gathering put on by the International Living Future Institute and Cascadia Green Building Council, who continuously draw together a sea of highly respected engineers, architects, entrepreneurs, go

It was all part of a special lesson in urban forestry from Michael Rosen, president of Tree Canada. Rosen was in town for the CN EcoConnexions tree planting ceremony on Connaught Drive.

If Marmot Basin gets its way, there will be increased snowmaking in the mid-mountain area, expanded parking lots, an expanded lower chalet and glading—thinned forests—on Milk Run, Elevator Chutes and Little Chicago.

One of the 13 recommendations in the recently-completed municipal services and structural review is for the municipality to restructure its departments so it only has four directors.

Book drop picks up readers If you’re out and about in Jasper next week and come across a book that has a big #readmeAB sticker, pick it up, take it home, read it, and pass it on.

There have been recent sightings of grizzly bears on the course and on nearby areas of Trail 7, and the bears are exhibiting what appears to be mating behaviour. Male bears may demonstrate increased aggression towards people when protecting a mate.

“Behind us there are bridges,” said Merrifield. “Eighty-year-old bridges that need some refurbishing—although, I noticed they’re not so depleted that we were too nervous to drive across them today.