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Visitors no longer welcome when Jasper residents return on Friday: Officials (edmonton.ctvnews.ca)
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The Jasper re-entry on Friday will now be for residents only, officials announced Wednesday.

Previously, the incident management team had said there was no way to keep non-residents from returning to town on Friday.

They have now walked that statement back.

"Re-entry on Aug. 16 is for residents only," Parks Canada said in a post on its website on Wednesday.

"Resident security concerns have been heard. Your safe return is our priority. We are in this together."

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Why would anyone want to go right now?

That's like "let's visit New Orleans" a week after Katrina.

Obviously less sad/awful/catastrophic than Katrina, but it's a town of people grieving their loss of their homes, businesses, environment, while having to navigate a complicated web of insurance and government contracts with Parks Canada.