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With fires still smouldering, a dry winter ahead, and businesses yet to catch up on costs and lost time, “it’s not over,” said Darlene Chouinard, of fire season.
With a total of 1,094 wildfires and a record 2,214,957 hectares burned, Alberta’s disastrous 2023 fire season officially ended at the beginning of November. But with fires still smouldering, a dry winter ahead, and businesses yet to catch up on costs and lost time, “it’s not over,” said Darlene Chouinard, president chair of the Edson and District Chamber of Commerce.
The Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce started off the new year with special guests from Parks Canada and ATCO during their breakfast meeting.
ATCO representatives spoke to municipal council about the company’s response to the power outage that resulted from the Chetamon wildfire.
While Jasper residents may have intermittent power, emergency officials are asking those in the national park to conserve electricity to preserve emergency capacity.