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Canada’s popular Jasper National Park ordered to evacuate as fire nears An emergency alert warned residents and guests that they must be out by 3 a.m., with instructions to leave via the one ...
JASPER, Alberta -- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Following Parks Canada’s announcement today to reopen the Icefield Parkway, the Columbia Icefield will re-open to visitors on Friday, August 9.
Dangerous wildfires forced a town and a major national park in Canada’s Alberta province to evacuate overnight Monday. Evacuation orders were issued around 10 p.m. for “everyone” in Jasper ...
Multiple wildfires in Canada’s Jasper National Park have flared up, forcing all park visitors along with the 4,700 residents of the Jasper townsite to flee. (Carolyn Campbell/The Canadian Press ...
Everyone in Jasper and the park were ordered to evacuate late Monday by driving west on Highway 16 to neighboring British Columbia due to the threat of the Utopia blaze.
A reception centre is readied for wildfire evacuees forced from Jasper National Park in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Credit: AP/Jeff McIntosh ...
Jasper National Park, which attracts more than two million tourists annually, was evacuated overnight and early on Tuesday along with the town. Officials said there were up to 15,000 visitors in ...
On Monday, July 22, the Canadian government ordered 4,700 residents living in Jasper National Park to flee, as flames from the Semo Complex Fire, roared into the area.
Accompanied by members of her team, members of Zuc'min Guiding and guides from Ice Walks, Marcela Fernández Barreneche ...
Burned out vehicles in a devastated residential block in Jasper, Alta., on Friday July 26, 2024. Wildfires encroaching into the townsite of Jasper forced an evacuation of the national park.