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Jasper mayor stands by critical wildfire report, expects no bad blood with province
JASPER, ALBERTA, JUL 21 – Jasper's mayor maintains the wildfire report blaming provincial interference despite Premier Smith's demand for retraction; 114 properties cleared for rebuild, officials say.
- Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland stands by a report issued last week criticizing Premier Danielle Smith's wildfire response in Jasper, Alta.
- The report resulted from a third-party survey of firefighters and officials aiming to improve future fire responses amid controversy over government involvement.
- The 2024 wildfire destroyed about one-third of the town, forcing 5,000 evacuations and killing firefighter Morgan Kitchen, with rebuilding projected to take 5 to 10 years.
- Ireland says the report was never intended to be a "political document" and is concerned that bad blood will not affect community rebuilding efforts.
- The Municipality of Jasper commemorates the fire's one-year anniversary this week while steadily progressing construction on over 100 cleared properties despite some delays.
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Town of Jasper Says Wildfire Report Misrepresented by Media, Thanks Province for Support
The Town of Jasper has issued a clarification on the intent of its wildfire recovery report released last week, saying that much of the media coverage misrepresented its broader findings and politicized the document. The town said in a July 21 statement that the “After-Action Review” report on last year’s wildfire, released on July 17, was intended to evaluate the municipality’s emergency planning framework and its role during the fires, not to …
Jasper to commemorate 1 year since wildfire ripped through townsite
Parks Canada is conducting a formal review of the fire and response, which is not yet public. Last week, Jasper published its own review based on surveys and interviews with more than 300 firefighters and other emergency personnel.
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Jasper mayor stands by critical wildfire report, expects no bad blood with province
Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland said the independent report commissioned by the townsite has been misrepresented and was never intended to be, in his words, a 'political document.'
JASPER, ALTA. — (FR) The Mayor of Jasper maintains his support for a report commissioned by her city that criticizes the government's response of Alberta's Prime Minister Danielle Smith to a forest fire that destroyed a third of this Rocky community. Mrs Smith demanded that the report, released last week, be withdrawn and that the City apologize. "We have no doubt about the report," said Mayor Richard Ireland to journalists at a press conference…
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