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A team of government and Parks Canada officials will announce on Monday when residents of Jasper, Alta., can return to their community, according to Mayor Richard Ireland.
Requirements for return ‘continue to be achieved at an accelerating pace,’ Mayor Richard Ireland says
A team of government and Parks Canada officials will announce on Monday when residents of Jasper, Alta., can return to their community, according to Mayor Richard Ireland.
A monster wildfire that forced thousands to evacuate Jasper National Park ripped through the historic townsite nearly three weeks ago, incinerating about one-third of its homes and businesses.
Officials developed a list of criteria that needed to be met before evacuees could return, but there had been no timetable as to when re-entry would occur.
During a virtual news conference Saturday, Ireland announced details about re-entry will come on Monday, and said the requirements to do so “continue to be achieved at an accelerating pace.”
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