Chad :mstdn: on Nostr: The national park is federal. The municipality is provincial (they also pay Alberta ...

The national park is federal. The municipality is provincial (they also pay Alberta taxes), and have had the same effect of funding cuts on their healthcare and education under the UCP as elsewhere in Alberta.

So as soon as the fire breached the townsite, Jasper FD was responsible. Parks Canada is primarily wildland firefighting, not structure firefighting.