The Orchard

The Orchard

Alberta's Choice

We can have our natural beauty or increased fossil fuel extraction, but not both.

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Jeremy Appel
Jul 27, 2024
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Wildfires have destroyed large parts of the Jasper town site, pictured in 2014. (Flickr/Mack Male)

Jasper is in ruins.

Twenty-five thousand tourists and residents were forced to evacuate the cherished national park on July 22 after an out-of-control wildfire ripped through the park, reaching the townsite two days later while leaving a trail of destruction…

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