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The Jasper Local // ISSUE 191 // THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021

EDITORIAL //

Local Vocal Here we go again.

Don’t think that just because Jasper is forgoing Canada Day celebrations out of respect for grieving Indigenous communities that July 1 isn’t going have its share of fireworks.

As the Alberta Government forges ahead with its Phase 3 “Open For Summer” plan, Jasper will be on the front lines of the maskless masses. As of June 28, according to the Alberta government’s website, Phase 3 means all restrictions, including the ban on indoor social gatherings and the general indoor mask mandate, will be lifted. Confusingly, the website says masking may still be required in limited and specific settings.

Which is it, Minister Shandro? Is the mask mandate lifted or not?

This is the worst kind of deja vu. The province is once again ghosting Albertans when it comes to providing any kind of leadership on an important health issue and unfortunately, our local officials aren’t exactly stepping up to take the reins. Both municipal council and the Chamber of Commerce have said they’ll follow step with the province. But what happens when the province doesn’t step up?

Local retailers know exactly what will happen: unpleasant encounters with righteous, abusive, nonmask-wearing patrons will skyrocket. The trend is already up-ticking as COVID-complacency hangs off the average Albertan like an untied shoelace, however, with no clear direction for indoor mask wearing, I’ll wager we’re in for a rodeo of rude behaviour.

People are sick of wearing a mask, and particularly in 40 degree heat, if there’s no leverage for shop owners and their staff to convince Johnny McMouthbreather to keep a lid on his lips, they’ll either have to suffer through a surge in customer conflicts as they try to enforce toothless policy, or lump it and do their job in a workplace they feel is unsafe.

And for what? So Premier Kenney can have his pancake breakfast fundraisers at the Calgary Stampede?

Look, I hate wearing a mask too, and I understand that Canada’s impressive vaccination program has gotten us to a point where we can start relaxing our health measures. Still, our best case scenario on July 1 has only 70 per cent of Albertans with their first vaccination dose. That’s far from herd-immunity.

The Government of Canada is advising that masks still be worn indoors with people from multiple households if those people are not vaccinated, only partially vaccinated, or if their vaccination status is unknown— you know, like when you’re in a store or restaurant surrounded by strangers?

Jasper needs a cohesive and clear indoor mask policy after July 1. Inconsistency among retailers and restaurants is going to spell trouble for individual shop owners and the town as a whole.

These are the kind of fireworks we don’t need.

BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

Pay parking the tip of the iceberg This is a sad glimpse of the the future for Jasper.

From 1993 to 2004 I owned a beachfront restaurant in White Rock, B.C. White Rock is similar to Jasper in that it is small—six km by three km—has no industrial base and has many shops and restaurants on a strip. Soon after I bought the restaurant, White Rock town council decided that pay parking would be a good money earner. Parking meters were installed “only in the core” of the beach

parking (in front of my restaurant). By-law personnel numbered two. The parking meters were only to be operational from noon to 6 pm. Council insisted that this was all that would ever have metered parking.

Soon council realized that the money from parking tickets far outweighed money collected from meters ($30 for a parking ticket versus $2 for an hour). By-law enforcement was stepped up and two more by-law officers were

hired. It is one thing to have pay parking and quite another to have aggressive ticketing.

Council now decided to install ticket-dispensing machines and blanket the whole beach. All available parking was now “payable.” Four more by-law officers were hired and parking tickets were being issued at triple the rate. Pay parking time was increased from 10 a.m. to midnight. By-law officers began to be verbally abused and spit on. Police // LETTER CONT ON A3

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GROUND UNDER A BEAR // Grizzlies were making the rounds at the Jasper Park Golf Club; there were 10 recorded on or near the course on June 20. Now they’ve moved to the alpine. // GORD TRENHOLM

Apartment developers looking for variances Calgary-based real estate developers who have partnered with local businessmen are asking for significant variances to develop two 71 unit apartment buildings in the 800 block of Connaught Drive.

Murdoch Bowen of Bowen Contracting confirmed his involvement with MDMC Developments. Jasperite Michael Young is also involved.

The proponents are requesting reductions in the minimum site area for each dwelling (90 metres-square to 76.38 metressquare); a 3.67 metre extension of height allowance; and a reduction in required on-site

parking from 159 to 125 stalls.

Parks Canada’s Planning and Development Advisory Committee (PDAC) heard the requests on June 17. As of June 28 they had submitted their recommendation to Parks Canada, however, the deputy superintendent had yet to make a decision on the variances by The Jasper Local’s press deadline.

The parcel in question, Parcel GB, is a 1.1 hectare block that spans the 800 block of Connaught and backs onto the CN Railway lands. The parcel was zoned as Multiunit Dwelling (R3c) in the 2011 Jasper Community Sustainability Plan.

The release of Parcel GB

is supported by the Jasper Community Housing Corporation, which recommended in 2017 that the parcel be developed with a significant number of “micro” units (small, single dwellings) and that alternative parking requirements be considered with proposed parking alternatives.

One year ago, PDAC recommended parking variances not be granted to proponents looking to reduce on-site parking from 89 to 52 stalls for a staff housing project.

Follow thejasperlocal.com for updates to this developing story.

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were often called. Visitors soon began to park in the adjacent suburban areas to avoid the pay parking/potential ticket and the inevitable verbal and physical altercations ensued.

So, for the future in Jasper, gone are the days when you could just “drop in” to Edge Control to leave your skis for a tuneup or go to the pharmacy to grab that prescription. After the so-called

trial period, you can expect expansion of parking times and of course blanket pay parking in all of the now “free” large parking lots. Ticketing will be aggressive, guaranteed.

Just giving the bylaw officers a chance to “show their worth” is a step into very unfriendly territory. A couple of mild letters in the paper will be just the tip of the iceberg. It is council’s responsibility to do what is best

for Jasper and this council has sadly decided that pay parking is one route to get us out of this financial dilemma due to COVID. I have lived that future and was not happy then and I am not happy now. The easy lure of pay parking money will change the fabric of our mountain town. Not a great legacy for our outgoing council.

- Fred MacMillan, Jasper

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The Jasper Local // ISSUE 190 // TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2021

LOCAL POLITICS

Councillor called out for using bygone, problematic language graves at former Indian Residential Schools currently making news across the country, she asked if any councillors were prepared to make a pair of motions which would reflect the recommendations to develop a traditional land acknowledgement.

That’s when councillor Bert Journault unmuted his microphone.

Councillor Bert Journault made remarks at a recent meeting that some have called insensitive. // FILE

A Jasper councillor whose remarks have been called insensitive and whose way of thinking has been described as a “relic of someone else’s war,” is defending his position.

During their Committee of the Whole meeting on June 22, one day after National Indigenous People’s Day, Jasper municipal council heard a recommendation from administration to endorse the development of a traditional land acknowledgement for official use in MOJ communication.

Land acknowledgements are a way to recognize the traditional First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit territories of a place. They can be presented verbally or visually.

“Traditional land acknowledgments are being used as a practice of reconciliation,” said Lisa Riddell, community development manager and member of the MOJ’s inclusion committee. “[The committee] recognizes developing a land acknowledgement would be a meaningful step towards reconciliation here in Jasper.”

After deputy mayor Jenna McGrath noted the hundreds-and-counting discoveries of unmarked

“I wouldn’t like to see us spend a whole bunch of time and money on this,” Journault said, immediately forcing council to spend more time with it. “This is just another step in decades, years, centuries of movement towards what we call a reconciliation. But we’re not. We’re just redefining the word, saying ‘we’re here, you were here first, but we now run this and it’s ok.’”

Journault didn’t stop there. While it was apparent he was attempting to make the point that without involving Indigenous communities directly, land acknowledgements are just empty words, his remarks about “progress that’s been made for assimilation,” and his suggestion that “we have to get them more in our group,” prompted one Jasperite to take to social media to illustrate that these comments are of a bygone era.

“Bert, and conversely, many other Canadians of his generation…became willing partners with regards to implementing the systems that were responsible for committing countless atrocities against the First Peoples of this land and systems that continue to disadvantage Indigenous people and communities from coast to coast to coast,” said Joe Urie, who is of Metis heritage.

Reached on his cell phone later that week, Journault defended his remarks, noting again that there is “too much rhetoric and not enough action” in helping Indigenous People achieve equity.

“We go on and on and we don’t provide the action to make sure these people are equal to us,” he said.

With those general sentiments, Urie would likely agree. But the language Journault used was problematic, Urie’s post suggested.

“Words are just that, words. Hollow nothings. It is the intent of the person who speaks them that fills them with meaning,” Urie said. “Part of getting reconciliation right involves education. Yours and mine. In Bert’s case, it involves forgetting what he knows and re-educating himself. If he is not prepared to do this, I would ask him to get out of the way.”

The 57th call to action from the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Committee is a call upon federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments to provide education on the history of Aboriginal Peoples and for elected officials to undertake skillsbased training in intercultural competency and anti-racism. When asked if he would consider taking a course in sensitivity training or otherwise be willing to learn about how a person’s life experience can lead to underlying thinking which perpetuates systemic racism, Journault seemed surprised by the question.

“For me personally?” he asked. “No. I reach out to people. I put smiles on people’s faces. I went to Kamloops three weeks ago. My sensitivity to them is very very high.”

Are his intentions, then, perhaps being misinterpreted by those watching council online meetings?

“Maybe I’m awkward that way but that’s who I am,” he said. “I have a very soft spot for them, that’s why I want more action and less talk.”

At the committee meeting, McGrath took issue with Journault’s opinion that the group shouldn’t spend much time with the development of a traditional land acknowledgement.

“I respectfully disagree,” she said. “The harm that’s been done over seven generations is going to take more than seven generations to undo.”

At the end of the June 22 discussion, council passed two motions to endorse the development of a traditional land acknowledgement and to direct administration to develop a land acknowledgement policy for review at a future Committee of the Whole meeting. There was none opposed.

BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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LOCAL FUNDRAISING

Paddling adventure cut short, but SIDS awareness buoyed Septuagenarian adventurer David Hatto is back on dry land.

Eighteen days and 423 kilometres into his solo canoe trip across Alberta, the 78-year-old made the decision to eddy out.

Since June 2, when he launched his 17-foot canoe into the turbid waters of the North Saskatchewan River outside of Rocky Mountain House, Hatto had been paddling to support parents affected by sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)—tragic circumstances his family is all too familiar with.

And although Hatto failed to reach his original goal of paddling from Rocky to Cumberland House, the oldest settler community in Saskatchewan, the Jasperite was buoyed by the fact that awareness of his cause was rising. Inquiries into his daughter-in-law’s organization, Hazel’s Heroes, a group which facilitates healing for parents grieving the loss of a child, has trickled in since his appearance in regional media.

“One of my goals was to increase awareness about infant deaths,” Hatto said from his home on June 25.

“I feel satisfied I achieved that.”

Not that it was ever easy. Electing to run the river while in full flood, Hatto was hoping faster waters would propel him to his end-point quicker. However, what he gained in flow was counterbalanced by the lack of landing points on the swollen North Saskatchewan. Finding suitable places to pull off and camp was troublesome, he said.

“The beaches and pull outs that might be available later on or earlier in the year are just not there,” he said.

As a result, finding an anchor spot for his cumbersome canoe took extra effort, and his improvised camps were often less-than comfortable.

Another oversight, he said, was his use of a twoperson tent, the erecting of which is markedly more difficult as a solo camper.

“Putting up the tent was a time-consuming job, and putting it up by myself was probably why my tent pole broke initially.”

On the first or second night on the river, Hatto overstressed his tentpole. A tell-tale snap would portend his decision, two weeks later, to cut bait.

But by far the bane of Hatto’s trip was the ceaseless,

unrelenting wind.

Gathering power across the prairies then funnelling into the river valley, gusts, gales and full-on tempests would blow across the bow of Hatto’s vulnerable craft, making headway difficult as a rule, and at times threatening to capsize him.

“At one point it pushed me over to the bank, there was no way I could fight it,” he recalled. “A number BEACHED // Jasper’s David Hatto cut his ambitous paddling adventure short but of times the wind was feels satisfied he raised awareness for parents affected by SIDS. // SUPPLIED so strong I had to brace myself into it.” another soul. On those stretches, when he wasn’t battling On two occasions storms kept him tent-bound all day. headwinds or fighting with his tent or loading gear, he Only on his last day on the water did the gusts abate could reflect on why he made this mission in the first enough for him to feel comfortable to take a photo place. And it always came back to a single purpose: his from his cramped canoe seat. granddaughter, Hazel, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of three months.

“Mother Nature said ‘I taught you a lesson,’” he said.

“Hazel was in my mind the whole trip,” he said.

To his credit, Hatto was willing to listen to Her teachings. When the wind came up, he took shelter.

Hazel’s mother, Gillian, who started Hazel’s Heroes, When his back started bothering him, he rested. And told her father-in-law that whenever she sees a ladybug, when his tent pole finally snapped as he was packing she considers it a sign from her departed daughter. It’s up camp on the morning of day 17, he accepted that an intuitive thought—a sense that Hazel is showing her pushing on would be reckless. presence. Hatto, who has a logical, analytical personality and who is typically inclined to look for guidance in “I was disappointed,” he said. “It was certainly not things he can measure or verify, nevertheless couldn’t how I wanted to finish.”

Tempering that regret was the support he received from help become emotional when, in between camp chores those following his journey. When he met people along one evening, a solitary ladybug appeared.

“I thought to myself ‘Hazel’s giving me a message,’” the river, they were interested in his adventure and his Hatto said. “I wasn’t sure what the message was.” cause. He had help from dog walkers who found him a place to pull over, and from fisherman who brought Perhaps it was the same message that Hazel’s mother him fresh fruit. Fish and wildlife officials helped him wrote to Hatto when he decided his adventure on the plan for his final take out at Metis Crossing, and an North Saskatchewan had run its course.

RCMP officer checked in on him after a particularly “We are so proud of all that you accomplished, gusty stretch. He had camping fees waived and was Papa,” Gillian wrote. “The most important thing is gifted a massage. He had a hot meal delivered by a that you stay healthy and safe.” stranger during an otherwise cold, wet evening.

Still, for days at at time, Hatto paddled without seeing

BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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FILM REVIEW BY DOUG OLTHOF // IMAGES FROM FILM COURTESY OF CIA SOLUTIONS

Resilient: The Aseniwuche Winew

New documentary brings long overd to blind spot in local history How can we recognize you if we don’t know who you are?

This was the message received by members of the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation (AWN) when they began to engage with the Government of Canada to press their rights as a First Nations people.

This was a bitter irony, given that the Indigenous communities that make up the AWN had suffered nearly a century of eviction, harassment, and callous disregard at the hands of that same government.

Undaunted, the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation

came up with an innovative and unquestionably positive solution: provide us with a small pot of funding, they said, and we will produce a documentary film to tell you who we are. The result is the ambitious and deeply moving film Resilient: The Aseniwuche Winewak Story.

Produced by the majority-Indigenous-owned CIA Solutions from Grand Prairie, Alberta, the one hour and 20-minute film traces the history of the Indigenous people who live in the Grande Cache region from precolonial life in the Jasper region,

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through the disruption of the fur trade, forcible eviction from Jasper National Park, abuses during the industrial development of the Grande Cache region and reconnection with a sense of collective identity and pride.

For those unfamiliar with Canada’s ongoing colonial legacy, Resilient is an eye-opening reminder of the recency of Canadian history’s darkest chapters. In weaving its narrative, the film shows that the displacement and degradation of Indigenous communities was not a historical event, but a campaign sustained over decades and even centuries.

“In spite of these sustained hardships, the film’s final stanzas adopt a guardedly optimistic tone.”

The film opens by recounting how a trend in European fashion kicked off the fur trade, which in turn led to dramatic changes in human activity in the upper Athabasca valley. From this emerged a new and diverse community of Indigenous, Metis and European people living traditional, indigenous lifestyles in the area now know as Jasper National Park.

The creation of the Jasper Forest Reserve in 1907 was achieved in part by the forcible eviction of these families, with four remaining “homesteader” families being evicted in 1910-11.

Many of the families evicted from the Jasper Forest Reserve moved north to the area now

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known as Grande Cache. The journey was arduous in the extreme, unfolding over two years as the families cut trail for their horses and cattle.

industrial workers. The highway brought with it an inflow of alcohol and drugs, which were followed in lockstep by family violence and suicide.

Once established in the Grande Cache region, the community found itself once again subject to colonial harassment.

Outfitters like Jasper legend Donald “Curly” Phillips

In spite of these sustained hardships, the film’s final stanzas adopt a guardedly optimistic tone.

Unrecognized by the treaties, the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation addressed their community’s land and housing issues with the creation of cooperative housing “enterprises” in the 1970s. These were followed by formal establishment of the AWN in 1994. The community has since launched an industrial services corporation (the Aseniwuche Development Corporation), an environmental services corporation (the Aseniwuche Environmental Corporation), a “one stop shop” human services centre (the Tawow Centre) and a school.

While vexing social problems persist—including the unacceptable lack of potable water in the cooperatives—interviews with young community members convey hope for a more collaborative future. Gestures like the Jasper Museum and Historical Society’s 2017 erection of the “Kokum” (grandmother) statue, which depicts Aseniwuche Winewak elder Lucy Wanyandie, signal to the youth that Canadian society is moving toward recognition and reckoning with the colonial legacy.

petitioned the Government of Canada to remove Indigenous families who he accused of depleting economically-valuable game animals. This effort was unsuccessful, due in part to the voice of Forest Ranger James Shand Harvey, who advocated against the removal of Indigenous families.

In the late 1950s, the industrial development of the Grande Cache region began in earnest with the opening of the McIntyre Porcupine Mine, which was followed by the construction of a townsite, a lumber mill and Highway 40. The film depicts this period as yet another major disruption for the Indigenous community, whose traditional lifestyles were once again upended. Traplines were destroyed by logging activities, gravesites were destroyed by highways and women were abused at the hands of

Resilient takes on the ambitious task of laying out a long and complex history of movement, struggle and, as the title suggests, resiliency.

At times, the narrative thread can be hard to follow, but the core themes of the film ring throughout. The experiences of the Aseniwuche Winewak through nearly a century of colonial displacement and harassment have forged a collective identity that is deserving of recognition. The film makes clear the imperative for the Canadian government and Canadian society to reckon with this legacy so that the dreams and aspirations expressed by the youth of that community can be fully realized. ________________________________ DOUG OLTHOF

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LOCAL RECONCILIATION

Sculpted by Crystal Mossing, “Kokum” (grandmother, in Cree) is a depiction of an Indigenous woman gathering food and honours the original Aseniwuche Winewak (Rocky Mountain People) residents of Jasper. The bronze statue resides outside of the Jasper Yellowhead Museum and Archives. // JACOBUS KROESKAMP, CIA SOLUTIONS

Resilient filmmaker sees hope through hardship When Len Morissette was given the chance to produce and direct a documentary that would tell the complicated, calamitous story of the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation (AWN), he had a variety of reactions.

“I was honoured, but I was also scared,” the 43-year-old Grande Prairie-based filmmaker said.

Tasked with condensing a century’s worth of history into a feature length documentary, showcasing the uncomfortable truths of the Canadian government’s policies towards local Indigenous People, and bridging the gap between community elders and AWN youth rediscovering their traditional values, Morissette said the key to moving the film’s production forward was to keep it simple.

“We said ‘let’s tell the truth, let’s not get into the weeds, let’s stick to the simple facts.’”

Building off of those facts—such as the fact that Indigenous and Metis people were lied to, then evicted from what is now known as Jasper National Park by government officials in the early part of the 20th Century; the fact that after relocating to the area now known as Grande Cache the AWN were further oppressed and marginalized when the coal mine and the town developed there in 1959; and the fact that even today, many members of the AWN do not have access to clean drinking water— Morissette and his team worked to build a film that would convey not only the hardships the AWN have faced, but the healing and the hope that have come out of the community despite them.

The result is Resilient: The Aseniwuche Winewak Nation Story. On National Indigenous People’s Day, June 21,

Morissette and his team of filmmakers, which included his business partner and co-director, Ryan Dalgleish; camera operator and sound editor, Jacobus Kroeskamp; and grip Charlie Soto; sat alongside a small, spellbound audience in Grande Cache’s Tourism and Interpretive Centre where the documentary made its humble debut.

“This has been a long time coming,” said AWN President, Tom McDonald. “A lot of our history has been told by other people. This is our first attempt to tell it ourselves.”

Morissette, who grew up in a city environment, detached from his Cree roots, has experience telling the stories of urban Indigenous youth. When he learned of the AWN’s story, he said many of its overarching themes were familiar to him.

“As an urban Indigenous person, you’re sort of lost in this non-identity,” he said.

“What I saw with the Aseniwuche is they’re similar, they’re in this inbetween world.”

To this day, the AWN are “non-status,” meaning they were never part of a treaty or included in Metis legislation in Alberta. Morissette hopes his film will play a small part in helping change that.

“My hope for them is there’s more awareness, that they get the support they need and the recognition they deserve,” he said.

World events in 2020/21 have set the stage for an awakening, Morissette believes. In many respects, the pandemic was the great equalizer.

All of a sudden, anyone could get sick and die. All of a sudden, people’s lives were restricted. While new realities for many Canadians, these difficulties were not unfamiliar to oppressed Indigenous People, he said.

Furthermore, waves of civic unrest have highlighted systemic racism

in institutions across North America, and more recently, grisly discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves have forced Canadians to reckon with the legacy of Indian Residential Schools.

“What’s happening now is our conscience is evolving through education,” Morissette said.

Part of that education is sitting with the truths of what colonizers did to Indigenous People, including here in Jasper National Park. But Resilience isn’t pointing fingers. Rather, it’s simply honouring the past.

“I think reconciliation is important to open people’s eyes, ears and hearts and lay it out there,” he said. “Indigenous People have to honour their ancestry by making things better and nonIndigenous have to honour their mistakes and try to correct them.”

Morissette isn’t just spouting empty platitudes. As the current president of the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre, where the organization has a mission to bridge the cultural gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous people through a variety of initiatives, he helps promote understanding among different communities. As a filmmaker and modern-day storyteller, he feels a responsibility to get things right when he uses his voice. And as a father, he knows the work we put in today will allow tomorrow’s leaders to create change.

Encompassing all of his endeavours, Morissette is guided by the Seven Sacred Teachings: Love, Respect, Courage, Honesty, Wisdom, Humility and Truth.

“As a community, as a nation, we have to work together for future generations,” he said. “Sometimes it’s hard to look at ourselves in the mirror but when we do it with forgiveness in our hearts and love for ourselves we can do great things and change what we see.”

BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

CHANGEMAKERS // Director Len Morissette with one of the young subjects in Resilient: The Aseniwuche Winewak Nation Story. // JACOBUS KROESKAMP, CIA SOLUTIONS

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LOCAL WILDLIFE

TWINS ARE IN // In this heat, we all need an extra dose of adorable to take the edge off. Luckily, our resident sweetness sniper has collected these soothing snaps.

Since the rest of your body is melting in the summer sun, you might as well add your heart with these newborn baby black and cinnamon bears. // SIMONE HEINRICH

KNOW THE RISKS. MAKE A PLAN. GET A KIT.

Are you and your family ready?

KNOW THE RISKS In recent years, mountain pine beetles have killed thousands of trees around Jasper, increasing the wildfire risk to our community.

In the event of a large wildfire, first responders will be busy fighting the fire. You should be ready to get out of Jasper and look after yourself and your family for at least 72 hours.

MAKE A PLAN Get together with your family, update your emergency plan and make sure everyone understands what would happen and what to do in the event of a major emergency. If you need help to get out of your home, work with family, friends or Community Outreach Services to make a plan. Call 780-852-2100 for assistance.

GET A KIT Put together an emergency kit and keep it somewhere easy to get if you have to evacuate. You should also keep a full tank of gas and a second emergency kit in your vehicle at all times. Visit getprepared.ca, alberta.ca and www.jasper-alberta. com for more information and resources.

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Go to www.jasper-alberta.com/notifyme and subscribe to receive emergency alerts by text or email.

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Download the Alberta Emergency Alert app on your phone and set your location to Jasper.

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Check the Municipality of Jasper and Jasper National Park websites and social media feeds.

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If you don’t use the internet, turn on the radio (any local station) and listen for emergency messages.

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