Jasper wildfire: Officials to provide update from Hinton Thursday afternoon

Federal, provincial and municipal leaders are scheduled to supply an update connected nan Jasper wildfire business Thursday afternoon.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada Steven Guilbeault; Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Canada Randy Boissonnault; Minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism Todd Loewen; Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services Jason Nixon and Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland are each scheduled to speak astatine a media readiness successful Hinton astatine 2:15 p.m. MT.

Global News plans to livestream nan update successful this communicative post.

The update comes arsenic accrued wildfire activity is anticipated successful nan area successful nan days ahead, pinch warmer, drier upwind conditions connected nan way.

“Extreme occurrence behaviour whitethorn statesman arsenic soon arsenic tomorrow,” Jasper National Park said successful an update Wednesday night.

“Jasper residents should beryllium alert of nan anticipation of aggravated occurrence and spread. Our apical privilege remains protecting nan organization and captious infrastructure and each effort will beryllium made to forestall further impacts from nan fire.”

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Highway 16 done Jasper National Park reopened to commercialized postulation astatine 5 a.m. Thursday. For now, commercialized trucks, tractors and trailers pinch a registered gross conveyance weight exceeding 11,794 kilograms tin usage nan road during nan pursuing clip periods:

• 5 a.m. – 7 a.m. MT
• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. MT
• 8 p.m. – 9 p.m. MT

The Jasper wildfire — dubbed nan Jasper wildfire analyzable — remains retired of power astatine astir 32,000 hectares successful size.

For nan latest accusation connected which areas successful Alberta are nether an removal alert aliases bid owed to a wildfire, sojourn nan Alberta Emergency Alert website. 

For nan latest accusation connected nan wildfire position and threat crossed nan province, sojourn nan Alberta Wildfire website. 

The latest accusation connected occurrence advisories, restrictions and bans crossed nan state tin beryllium recovered connected nan Alberta occurrence bans website.