This is Connaught Drive in Jasper, Alta., in a photo released by Parks Canada on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024.
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.About one-third of the buildings in Jasper, Alta., were destroyed by a massive wildfire that hit the townsite on July 24. Residents of Jasper, Alta., will learn Monday when they can return home, according to Mayor Richard Ireland.
On Monday, members of the unified command, made up of Parks Canada and Municipality of Jasper representatives, will release the date of re-entry and details about how it will work, Ireland announced during a virtual news conference Saturday. The Jasper wildfire is the worst to hit the national park in more than a century. Here's what we know
Required re-entry criteria were eventually developed, listing things that had to be in place before evacuees could return, such as improved air quality and restored critical services.
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