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The local housing crunch is so severe that Jasper Hill has bought 11 properties to provide subsidized rent so its employees can afford to live nearby the farm.
The Juniper Fire in the Mount Shasta Subdivision is forcing some residents to evacuate and threatening structures in the area ...
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A Canadian city in Manitoba has ordered all 5,000 residents to leave due to an approaching wildfire. Residents of Flin Flon were told Wednesday they should flee south with their ...
The Narwhal offers updates on the proposed expansion of the coal mine in Alberta, Canada, near Jasper National Park, and the ...
Looking out over a budding meadow with blackened tree stumps on the edge of Banff National Park, Cliff White points to a dark ...
JASPER – When Mathew Conte moved to Jasper to become its fire chief in 2021, he was well aware of the wildfire risk that the town faced. That is a risk shared by every forested community in Canada.
After a wildfire destroyed a third of the Jasper townsite last year, builders are revving up to begin reconstruction by early or mid-summer. Kevin Read, president of Encore Master Builder ...
Landon Shepherd, a fire and vegetation specialist for Parks Canada who would become incident commander of what is now known as the Jasper Fire Complex, was heading into Lake Edith for a swim when ...
“This winter, Parks Canada is focusing on vegetation management and fire guard enhancements in key areas of Jasper National Park,” said Fay, noting that tree felling, limbing and burning of ...
IBC says Jasper fire is Canada's 9th costliest disaster for insurance payouts The wildfire that ripped through Jasper National Park this summer and destroyed a significant portion of the Jasper ...
The fire, which burned down one-third of the buildings in the Jasper townsite, was the largest in the national park in over 100 years, according to Parks Canada. The fire consumed more than 33,000 ...