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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 6, 2025 5:03 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal and Alberta governments are ushering in new support for Jasper as the mountain town continues to rebuild from last summer’s devastating wildfires. The federal government says $2 million will be spent…
As the community of Jasper continues to rebuild after last summer’s devastating wildfires, the owners of a popular business in the mountain town have hatched a plan to reopen in Alberta’s capital. “Financially, and emotionally, we need to do this,” Wendy Leitch told Global News on Monday. Just weeks before Jasper was evacuated because of…
The first trailers to house displaced locals rolled into Jasper this week, about seven months after a third of the townsite was ravaged by a runaway wildfire. By the end of the week, about 100 trailers containing approximately 200 livable spaces are expected to be in the snow-covered Alberta mountain town. “This is a significant…
The fire-ravaged town of Jasper, Alta., has received two pieces of critical funding from the federal and provincial governments as it attempts to stabilize in the wake of last summer’s devastating wildfire. The federal government announced on Thursday it’s committing $162 million to the recovery in Jasper, Alta. – a portion of which is being…
“We’re trying to solve both the short term and the long-term things. We put a bunch of money on the table. We’re just looking for permission to do all that good,” said Ric McIver, Alberta’s Minister of Municipal Affairs. The message hasn’t changed since the province first declared it was at an impasse with the…
An Albertan who lost her home in the devastating Jasper wildfire last year says broken promises by the United Conservative Party government in setting up interim housing for those displaced are unacceptable. “I don’t know why the UCP would commit and promise something and then just completely revoke it,” said Sabrina Charlebois, who has been…
As more than 600 families find themselves without homes in fire-ravaged Jasper, the Rocky Mountain tourist town and the Alberta government are locked in a standoff over what to build for interim housing. The province has promised $112 million to build 250 housing units for the town, which lost a third of all buildings in…
This year, Kim Stark’s kids took responsibility for decorating the family Christmas tree. Ornaments include toy cars, puzzle pieces, string and a pair of binoculars — things her three young daughters had handy after the family lost their home in summer’s devastating Jasper wildfire. “I have the most wonderful tree on the planet,” said Stark….
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a corrected story. A previous version described the cat as a tabby. Nicole Klopfenstein wonders what tales her family cat Felix would tell if he could speak. She wagers the best would be about how the four-year-old black and white feline survived in the wilderness for more than 100 days after…
