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SEPTEMBER 2007

JULY 2007

Canada Day - with a French accent!

JUNE 2007

Jasper is a Creative 'City'

APRIL 2007

21 Caribou

MARCH 2007

Living on Sunshine

FEBRUARY 2007

Family Day, CN and Marshmallows

CN STRIKE

JANUARY 2007

Jasper Community Mission Impossible

Jasper in January

The Year in Review, in advance!

DECEMBER 2006

Victorias Secret, Caribou and Indian Giving

NOVEMBER 2006

Ah, November - its all about the weather

OCTOBER 2006

Community museums are key to culture 

The Who, Trailer Park Boys and Mel Hurtig

SEPTEMBER 2006

Tom Thomson and the Pine Beetle

Is that a Mexican Flag on the Banff Springs?

Green Party on the right track

AUGUST2006

Neufeld Watchel and Watchel

UNESCO's Indigenous Peoples Day

Heritage Day

JULY 2006

From Fiddler on the Roof to Fiddler on the Rails

Traditions made new again, First Nations art

JUNE 2006

Bikeology and Caribou

MAY 2006
Centennial Dollars well spent...

On MountainTop Rock

 

 

COMING SOON

Foothills Mens Chorus

Artists on Rails

Cowboy Poetry Gathering

 

MARCH 2007 

Living on Sunshine

Updated: March 10, 2007

JASPER, and wherever the sun shines

You have to admit that living on sunshine sounds pretty dreamy.  For some of us it might even bring back memories of an era that gave hope to such dreams.  Love and peace and understanding...

Well, Alberta has 20 communities finally willing to step up to the solar plate and take a realistic look at 'living on sunshine' as part of the Alberta Solar Municipal Showcase.  Jasper is one such community (click to watchvideo from Rainbow Communications) and now has a 1kw photovoltaic solar panel on the roof of its community centre.  

(if the video takes too long to download try watching it on the Rainbow Communications site below - go to the solar showcase link on their site)   

Rainbow Communications

The Made-in-Alberta team believes that the world's 

climate and economy are changing, and so are the ways we produce and 

use energy. We want to explore what these changes mean.  We 

believe in the wisdom, ingenuity and compassion of an educated 

public.  This is the basis of our work as media specialists. 

Rainbow Communications used the Jasper based camera crew from DTMI to film the installation.  DTMI takes camera field work to a new level this year as well, all batteries and camera equipment are now solar charged on location!

In keeping with the spirit of 2007- Jasper's Centennial - we at DTMI are collecting this years events and organizations doing what they do best throughout the year.  If your club or class is doing something that brings community together 

- honours the people and the place in this special year - 

we want to know!  These visual stories will be prepared into a CD/DVD format for a 

YEAR IN REVIEW.  

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