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“I find it mind-boggling that officials chose to close Banff Avenue, our main evacuation artery, jeopardizing evacuation success and risking fatalities of people trapped on the other side of the river due to gridlock conditions.”

LETTER: Join me in voting yes in supporting Banff council’s decision to have a downtown pedestrian zone on Banff Avenue every summer, where our traditions of hospitality can flourish even more.

Eyewitness accounts shared on social media.

First responders pulled from Jasper as out-of-control blaze reaches community

“A fire crew is currently actioning this fire,” states Parks Canada in a social media post.

State of emergency declared in case more evacuations are required.

The surface pattern of the Athabasca Glacier’s ice is now forever enshrined in glass, bringing a unique lens to a moment in the glacier’s evolving geological lifespan from the alpine to Bear Street.

A perfect storm of a lightning outbreak Monday night that is believed to have ignited the fires, exceptional heat and dryness, and high winds led to what wildfire officials are calling “aggressive, blow-up fire behaviour.”

“There are many providers – thousands across Canada – ready to bring below-market housing to market but the funding gap is very difficult to stack and scale. The financial equation just doesn’t work, but there are many ways to approach it.”

Employers say rural nature of industry hampers recruitment of farm workers in Alberta