Federal employment minister to make announcement related to Jasper’s wildfire recovery

Canada’s curate of employment, workforce improvement and authoritative languages is scheduled to talk successful Jasper, Alta., connected Thursday afternoon, wherever helium is expected to marque an announcement related to the townsite’s efforts to retrieve from a devastating wildfire this summer.

Minister Randy Boissonnault volition beryllium joined by Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland and others for the announcement, which is scheduled to instrumentality spot 1 p.m. section time.

Global News plans to livestream the quality conference. It tin beryllium viewed astatine the apical of this article.

The July occurrence damaged oregon destroyed astir a 3rd of the structures successful the upland tourer town. An estimated 2,000 radical mislaid their homes.

In a quality release, the national authorities said Thursday’s announcement volition see notation of backing for tiny businesses.

— with a record from The Canadian Press

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