Wildfire leaves Jasper unrecognizable, as premier chokes back tears
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- A wildfire unlike any other has left a historical town in the Canadian Rockies unrecognizable.
Today, Alberta's leader choked back tears during an emotional update on the situation in Jasper, as images from the ground revealed the extent of the devastation.
Homes burned down to their foundations, cars left with nothing but their frames, and many wondering what happens next.
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We as a country need to get our shit together and start helping each other with personel and equipment.
The government waits way to long ,you cant wait til out of control before sending extra help.
All the taxes we pay😤.....get help from the US ,pay the bill .
Havent we learned anything from the past...c'mon ,this is Canada.
I am from NS. Myself and thousands of others had to experience being told to leave our houses behind and run.
I will say it would be more cost effective to utilize more water bombers before it gets out of control and risking lives of firefighters, than paying out emergency and disaster funds to the people after damage is done.
When a 1 acre fire starts, send air support ASAP.
Dont worry about the cost,it will save us all money in the end,save houses,vehicles,animals,and peoples lives.
Maybe time to cut back on government bonuses.
I guarentee you no evacuees would starve if the givernment did nothing. It aint the government opening up their homes to those in need.
.the government just wants to get you on the t33t and having funding and budgets and power to control.
You’re words fall on deaf ears no one gives a shit
If u want a better country then leave
I have to agree.. This political circus has been going on for like 12 years and there's really no good options. It's always voting for the lesser of two evils.
Also for the record my brother is a volunteer firefighter in BC and I've lived here all my life. I've seen what's been happening to our province.
All our money goes to our new owners in Europe
@@jarod144
Shall we thank Trudeau.
Im thinking about the wildlife 🙏
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I hope this fire ignites some improvements for the wildfire agencies around the country, especially in Alberta. There’s so much to learn about wildfire that we just neglect and fail to and properly address, such as the horrific retention rates of wildfire employees, lack of funding and experience, and just a lack of both initiative, as well as belief that these things will happen. This fire was a LONG time coming and instead, we cut funding to our wildfire programs and waited for it to happen. Same thing happened to other towns and almost happened to Edson last year (2023). We can do better to protect our people and communities.
When will we start building proper fire breaks?
When people accept this is the future
@jackiepaper101 but it's the past. We know this will happen without proper forestry management. As it has for decades.
When Danielle Smith stops making tens of millions of dollars of cuts to wildfire preparedness programs
Why would they do that when theyre after land? LANDGRABS
Can't win u start chop n tress n get protest.sad.dont even want speak about the future 4 victims.i watched my butufull home burn 2 complete loss.
pls don't rebuild it according to modern suburban aesthetic. Jasper is so special it deserves special care.
and maybe an opportunity to restructure housing for people working in the city! 👀💕
@kyleydiamond
I think your fear is justified. They will try to make us believe that new modern concrete buildings will be more environmentally efficient, improved buildings that exceed the current building codes. Blah, blah, blah. We absolutely need to be hyper vigilant that the Government/corporations do not get away with it.
It’s very special and house building is limited to keep the town from turning into an urban sprawl 😣Many popular chain burger joints are not allowed. Light pollution is enforced in the national park so you can actually see the stars at night. Litter and other garbage must be put
In special receptacles, to avoid wildlife from coming to town regularly looking to eat.
This is a tight knit community that work hard to keep it pristine,maintaining the historical jewel that is Jasper.
Wildlife does wander into town and on the golf course. Parks Canada uses rubber bullets if the dangerous animals cant be shooed away.
I wont go on but you get the picture.
Now BANFF AB. is over run and out of control if that’s the kind of thing you like.
@@MKMcDonald287 I fear that this will be another opportunity for speculators and investors, supported by the provincial government, to exploit a tragic situation for profit. I hope not, but the zeitgeist doesn't give me any encouragement.
😢 God help those who suffered from this horrific tragedy
I am truly sad to see this my husband and I went to jasper for our anniversary about 8 years ago and it was so beautiful just remarkable to see we walked all day there 1 of the best hikes ever I am soo heart broken 💔 to hear and see this on TH-cam 😢😢
The wildflowers will be amazing for the next couple of years. Please consider returning when we have had some time to rebuild.
💯 man made fire
Even David Suzuki once upon a time talked about how we have been stopping the natural process of fires to the point that there is so much build up of fuel that they burn on steroids.
My heart goes out to the people that lost everything, but how did city planners allow a city to be built so fragile?
We were there that night on vacation, we got out with everyone and made it to Vancouver. It was a crazy night, we drove three hours and parked to sleep in a big turn out. All thr rest stops and turn outs were full of people. We had no idea how fast it was coming.
Just called mom; her first real job when she left her little town in Ontario was working in Jasper for the summer, in 1947, then off to Camrose Bible College for the winter.
Should we tell him what all these young girls do when they go to Jasper for work. 😂
My first time being away from family was at JPL in 1983❤😢💔
@@KayJay940God you're just disgusting
So horrible for all who call Jasper home. Glad her gov't cut the fire response team. Sure took their time calling in extra help.More help is great when the town is already burning.
Our prayers are with all of you❤ love and blessings from the Netherlands
Should of paid more carbon taxes.
Trust the science
please go complete your education
Yeah, carbon taxes will definitely solve the problem.. Or maybe it's just the force of nature that man can't control? I feel for all those who have been affected by this, nobody wants to have to go through something like this.. It is also a community that has built itself inside a dense forest, with that comes the risk. Just like those that build in earthquake, hurricane and tornado prone areas, you have to know your surroundings and anticipate an event. The people of Jasper are strong and proud, it will be back in time. ent.
In Quebec we had dozens of fires set on purpose. I hope there is some kind of research into some of these many fires going on.
hearts go out to Jasper... hope the wildfires will be under control soon to avoid more devastation
Man, this is sad. They always are - been through it and feel so much for the poor folks going through this. So sorry to see this.
Crocodile 🐊 tears. The UCP gutted the forest fire budget.
Please don't be so cruel. Have some compassion for all these hurting people.
Exactly
@@rickboer7715wake up, these people... wouldn't be in this situation if the crooked government would have funded fire management instead of cutting by tens of millions! Wth do you think is going to happen?
Wrong again. UCP increased the fire fighting budget in 2024
Kind of reminds me of Maui.
this wasnt near as big, should see the huge ones raging up north
Puerto Rico comes to mind. That would be another disaster.
It's a shame that Premier Smith said they were "fine" when offered federal resources two weeks ago. I guess they were fine, two weeks ago but surely there were things that could have been done to help prevent or at least lessen the devastation on the people and wildlife of Jasper and surrounding area?
she was too busy telling Trudeau how to do his job.
@@PageTheRageTV ..Turdeau needs someone to tell him how to do his job!!! Smith cares and knows our P.M. is a dipshit 🤮😈😡
@@PageTheRageTVsomebody has to
Since this and Banfffff is Federal park land you'd think we'd have got the military in there..............two weeks ago.
They wanted it to burn. This will be a scapegoat to tax us for many years to come. The government doesn't waste a tragedy
These fires weren't burning two weeks ago
What are guns amd tanks gonna do? I Get a kick out of people that say that because 9 times outnof 10 when the military shows up they do do fuck all but move sandbags and clog roads, speaking from personal experience.
The military is too busy fighting other countries wars..
With what money? The feds cut the military budget by a billion dollars while also ramping up our commitments in Latvia.
God help these people - what a terrible situation. My prayers to out to all.
God have mercy for
When we left the town on Monday, I'm sure most of us didn't expect to see some of those buildings for the last time.
Sorry Jasper. Condolences from British Columbia
Look at all the money this premier saved by slashing fire budgets. Same with our health care.
She’s worried losing her job, not about Jasper. She’s the one that cut the rapid response team. She’s actually one of the worst things to happen to Alberta.
It’s federal jurisdiction if you want to make this political. Let’s just care for the people first before pointing fingers like a child because it does not help anyone right now.
@@distanttraveler6531 Really? This is political. This wouldn’t have happened if she stopped slashing the budget in the name of her donors. You want to make sure this doesn’t happen again like it does every year? Get your head out your ass and think logically.
@@distanttraveler6531it's not federal. It's a federal park. It's a provincial problem
Jasper did not have to burn down Premier Smith.
Working very hard cooking food. It’s burnt down and they say we are working hard. So sad to see Canada beautiful place burnt in fire.
I guess Jasper is a complete loss. Symbolic to Canadian life in general under Justin Trudeau.
Under Danielle Smith
Oh well. Mother nature will take its course inspite of what humans want
People often forget that we cant expect natural disasters to just "bypass" communities and settlements
Still upsetting if it happens to you! How would you feel if your life and everything you own is taken away from you? Wow, so little empathy! People wonder why the world is gone to shit. No values or marales anymore!
@@FrodoBaggins13 people deal with adversity with 2 different views. Facts and feelings. Yes it's tragic, yes I hope everyone is safe. But we can't sit and cry about it, cute empathetic hashtags, posts and comments won't fix anything.... insurance companies will. Let's help who needs it and focus on a rebuild/relocation now.
I don't think this was mother nature
The pizzeria and the bakery still standin: 🗿
I can't help but feel that this travisty could have been prevented, so sad. People with education , people in power (GOVERNMENTS), ENGINEERS THATS THE BIG PROBLEM. And first responders my heart goes out to you and families. But just how much experience is really on the job. Time for all people to wake up and stand up to people who think they know it all. Now lets rebuild and chip in anyway we can to make Jasper safer to wild fires and all other fire hazards in the parks and natural habitats.
What happens if you don't drive during these situations?
There are Muster points for Buses to take people out(you do not get to decide where you are evacuated too), and people with space in their private vehicles are ask to take individuals with them.
Could be another case of Turdo’s arson. Heartbreaking and tragic either way.
Could be Danielle Smith 10 million in budget cuts
Don't cry lady that looks bad your supposed to be a leader when u cry makes people scared
Both UCP and NDP have made significant cuts to the firefighting budget in Alberta over the last ten years…
I went to jasper last year. Was a great experience. Can’t believe it’s been destroyed. I do have to say I thought it was odd that all the dead trees are left on the ground. I mean if you want to be natural then you have to let it burn. I just think there are easy mitigations to curb the spread of fires, like cleaning up the forest of dead trees.
its call controlled burns. but most raise hell about doing that ! the problem here is the wind turned it into a fire storm! (5km per hour YIKES 100M above the trees)
life is short but this will be over then things will come back to life.
its not the end of the world unless you are religious
That would be a terrible idea, dead trees are an essential part of the ecosystem, many animals would lose shelter and food sources.
There is a very robust Forest Management Plan that is being ignored due to alleged cost.
@AmandaWilson-qz5klbest reply haha
@AmandaWilson-qz5kl I guess it would be a natural state now? Don’t get me wrong. I get the argument of letting things be as natural as possible. That being said, having settlements that suck the resources from the area and disturb everything around it are not natural and should behave as such. If you want to protect the unnatural environment you have built you must take proper steps. If you want to be one with nature you have to accept that you will get burned, flooded or whatever nature throws at you.
destruction by federal bureaucracy , this could have been prevented , so sad to see, fighters on the ground are amazing
Ummm, the federal government can't control the weather. Alberta has been in a drought for a couple of years. Last winter had not enough snow....
Umm. No the government can however budget for weather that they know will destroy lives during a specific season in specific areas. Yes. They could do that.
This is actually the premiers responsibility
What a terrible outfit on the reporter.
#greenparty has a focus on preventing this. Left & wight wings ignore & we are SICK of them!
How come they don’t bring in those altered 747’s that can dump thousands of gallons of water? They always use these little bucket dumps by helicopter.
we've got FOUR of these little drop planes on the go just south of the Park area in BC . Those 747's are full involved....elsewhere. Just two days ago Alberta was mumbling something about bringing in the military. Well, this is a FEDERAL park so just do it!! oops, too late. Nature has it's own timeline, and you aren't paying attention.
Because the liberals would rather have these planes sitting idol , there are many of these planes sitting on tarmac doing nothing
Because politicians keep cutting our wildfire budgets
Because they sent 12 bullion dollars to Ukraine instead of buying fire fighting equipment for Canada and also sent Canadian waterbombers to other parts of Europe
Conservatives took away funding for common sense preventative equipment!! And she could have reached out for help on Monday. Today is too late for so many. Disgusting!!!!
I like in alberta and my friend almost got into the fire bc they were visiting me i just hope it doesnt get bigger🙏
So sorry for your loss, our community was decimated in the cedar fire. Never give up, rebuild don't dwell in the past move on.
Don't worry. Palestinians share and know your pain very well. Canadian financial support has been doing worse than what this fire has done for the past 200+ days :)
Exactly. Killing people on foreign soil yet our cities are burning down.
Trudeau helping Canadians? That's something rare.
Oh yes, choking back tears after cutting tens of millions from wildfire preparedness. Who ever could've seen this coming? *insert applicable meme here*
You’re really a wicked soul. That’s federal land
It's a national park...not provincial jurisdiction.
Parks Canada is negligent
Federal jurisdiction. 😂
@@ahfortruth1482 and the 105000 hectare fire currently by Ft MacMurray? Or the ~170 other fires in the province? She's directly contributing to the burning of our province whether Jasper is her jurisdiction or not. It doesn't change the snyde comment she made about how Jasper residents "can wait" for assistance because that's what private insurance is for either.
Crocodile tears
I was be homeless in car last winter here 😢so sad
Were the cars melted??? ummmmmm
Was there satellite going overhead when the fire broke out?….did Blue cars survive the Fire?
why do u care about cars melting when peoples houses are on fire?
wake up
@@zachcarter3186…..1200 MISSING CHILDREN FROM MAUI!!!!!…..but who cares.
@grumpyoldmadman7875 every 40 seconds a kid goes missing in America
Now think of the stats in Africa.....
OMG This town needs a strong leader not a wimpering crybaby
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I hear there is a lot of trees effected by pine beetle that left dead standing areas around Jasper. These trees were never cut down because of federal government cutting money in forest management. I can see now how a fire with this kind of fuel could cause a magnitude fire wall.
Question should be asked....what satellites were flying over Alberta at the start of this wildfire?
Why again are houses and car ashes?
What temps make a passing wildfire burn ceramic toilets to ash, melt metals, etc.?
What temperatures are required to do that much damage?
Let's talk to experts in historical wildfires, and what are the temps compared to targeted laser attacks?
Questions, Questions, Investigations, Investigations, never leaving anything unturned.
1500 plus degrees melts everything
that premier reduced the firefighting money ,, so you wonder why that fires get to run away..
Federal jurisdiction. Trudeau did NOTHING!!
The provincial budget showed that we reduced our fire fighting budget to $100m this year. Everytime we try and make our fire response “nimble”, this kinda thing happens.
@@OneManJamI'm sure the oil companies will gladly pitch in lol. Gtfoh....
@AellaMaude-oy9qn I don't know, maybe not mass import the third world and send all our money to ukraine?
@AellaMaude-oy9qn maybe not mass import the third world and send all our cash to ukraine?
No point in shedding crocodile tears now. Do the job.. Thise who voted for her must be feeling stupid. They just voted for a corporate lobbyist who works for corporations and not the people.
The people that voted her were already stupid. As it was clear who she was from the start
I'm so happy I got to see Jasper and Banff areas in all their green glory before it turned into a charred mass of black and thin trees
There are ashes where half the town used to be but Parks Canada will let us know when its official...wait I think we missed 39 cents worth of damage so we better run the numbers again before we make any official statement
Looks like smith was slow to react. Jasper was an important town to be lost like this. Smiths Alberta government put an effort equivalent to 40% of what they could have mobilised. They should have dealt with it before the fire became big. Smiths government is flush with surplus budget money so she didnt have to waste time waiting for federal money. Probably saving it for looting later.
Such theatrics from that sociopath. If the ucp could sell Jasper they would.
Come on Rachel don’t be like that
@@nwc3270the brainwashed fool speaks
I'm sure they're already putting the re-build contracts in place. And taking a healthy cut for themselves off the top.
Feds already tried to sell national parks back in 2018
It's federally legislated land. Grow a brain.
So sad
DEW you see what's going on here?
Riding on a hard working reporter's (not your own) heels again. Shameless.
OMG !
Rebuild it , Three Times Better and Throw Money at It... Excuse Me This is Jasper , Alta this is NO Time , Damn it BUILD IT ! of Stone , and the Best STANDING ! Where Canadian and this is are Hearts !!!
And don’t rebuild it with Fred Flintstone buildings - sick of our architecture all looking like cheap LEGO buildings!
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The title should read "Government firefighting agencies leave another town unrecognizable "
My brothers friend was almost in it
OH HOT DAMNNNN... THAT ANCHOR... MAMA MIA!!!!
Right?!
I was looking for someone to mention that 😂
First Fort McMurray. Now Jasper. Will Banff be the next? The government obviously hasn't learned anything in the past decades! Where have all our taxpayers' dollars and tens of billions of oil & gas royalties gone to?
OMG. What a waste of Mother Nature. Too bad they are going to put buildings back. I hope they won’t increase the amount of buildings trying to monopolize on valuable land that’s now cleared from the fire. Hawaii.
We respectfully acknowledge that Jasper National Park is located in Treaty 6 and 8 as well as the traditional lands of the Anishinabe, Aseniwuche Winewak, Dene-zaa, Nêhiyawak, Secwépemc, Stoney Nakoda, Mountain Métis and Métis.
I respectfully say who cares .
Must be holding back tears thinking how to cut the wildfire firefighting budget further
Ahhh, so just like the NDP did.
@@OneManJam and the party after this one will do the same.
Today and throughout history leaders seem unable to the comprehend the long term effect and consequences of their tendency to sacrifice everything for short term gains.
Trudeau did this
Danielle Smith did this
UCP has been cutting our fire response budget. This is a provincial issue and problem. Very little in fact of your day to day stuff is controlled by the federal government. Most things will be municipal and provincial
As she cut funding. Fake cries
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I PRAY!! TO END THESE FORFOREVER!!!SOMETHING IS VERY STRANGE REG: THESE FIRES.AND I AM NOT TALKING !! CLIMATE CHANGE ???😥🙏🏼
I agree, I'm thinking that same thing. I suspect DEW direct energy weapons, just like Lahaina
Oh I am so sorry for all in Jasper. I am fortunate to have been able to vacation there many years ago. Praying that the wildfires will be put out with rain.
I know it's a disaster.Why than,do we as a humam nation feed off the hardships of others.Do you not think for a minute most right minded humans knew what was going to take place.Instead it's splashed all over the media.Come on people.
"Climate change" fires....again 😢
So....carbon tax am i right?
Planted fire
She must have had property there she lost because she has no problem slaughtering the most vulnerable. Tears?? Give me a break, she the most heartless person in Alberta government history. First thing she did when she got in office was to make life harder for the elderly, then she went after the disabled and hasn't stopped yet. She's big business, selling Alberta, ruining health care and here she's crying?? Like I said, she must have lost personal property that she's crying over, it sure isn't for anyone or anything else!
Nope
Look at all those assumptions. You must be a Trudeau supporter. Communist!
How sad, some people will never be satisfied, they complain about everything
@@Grublin5000yep. That's exactly what she did. All public knowledge
You're fire insurance,,,might ,,cover costs,5 months later 😂
Oh now she needs Trudeau!
Nobody needs him, ever.
Danielle Smith is directly responsible for the fire.
National Parks belong to Parks Canada jurisdiction, or federal government. The townsite falls within municipal jurisdiction or part of provincial government. The fire started outside the town, so federal government fails big time!
@@kanonhill1688 That's not how it works, champ.
God bless the people of Jasper.
Direct energy weapons just like the ones they used in lahaina
Yeah.. this was just a matter of time unfortunately. The heat waves in Canada have been getting worse every year and there's no preparation for this. I literally can't even leave my place during the day without my shoes melting onto the pavement.
Crocodile tears , shes at fault for this
Razing the area to build commercial enterprises.
Emily!
So will they be allowed to rebuild or will they be sent to 15 minute cities.
huh?
Jasper was already a 15 minute city? Huh.
@themangastand8475
Well it was more like a 10 min city
Wow
Fail, at least rebuilding will make people ricccch
Mrs. Smith as primer of Alberta has a responsibility to protect the province and everyone living there!!!
Since last years massive fires in that province, what has changed?
The fires still happen and people are effected by them, what has changed is the governments lack of responding to the fires!!!
Last year we saw how the Federal government had no way of controlling the fires, in fact they hired people to start more, to help boost the CO2 levels in Canada, so they could increase the carbon taxes, being collected across the country!!!
When in fact the Federal government and ALL the provinces, not just Alberta should have been pushing Ottawa, for more fire bombers to fight these fires, WHY because they are the fastest and most effective why of fighting these fires, but they didn't WHY???
Because they all want a bigger slice of the Carbon Pie, that only Ottawa dishes out!!!
So these provinces should be holding back ALL the taxes collected and use it to build their own fire bombing system and send the receipts to Ottawa!!!
Plus have all these fire fighting bombers, controlled and maintained by our CAF Troops, to fight the fires and protect our country from the fires!!!
IT'S our money let's start using it to benefit our country not someone else's!!!
Fire started in national park, which falls under Parks Canada, or the federal government. The townsite is municipal or provincial jurisdiction. Trudeau fails after collecting carbon tax!
Good thing ukraine got 12 billion dollars that could have bought new equipment
So many homeless, disaster, etc in Canada, but our government constantly sending biliions to war that's not our!
UKRAINIAN DESERVE EVERY DOLLAR WE SENT THEM ! IT IS SAD ABOUT JASPER I LIVE IN ALBERTA WE HAVE SEEN THIS MANY TIMES WE HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR YEARS NOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE WELL GUESS WHAT IT IS TIME TO PAY THE PIPER THE WEATHER HAS CHANGED AND NOBODY CAN TELL ME ANY DIFFERENT WE DID THIS TO OUR SELVES BUT THE SAD THING IS THAT WE WILL BE LEAVING THIS MESS TO OUR GRANDCHILDREN! WE WONT BE HERE TO DEAL WITH IT ! BY GODS GRACE NO ONE WILL BE HARMED OR DIE FROM THE FIRE THE TREES WILL GROW BACK HOMES CAN BE REPLACED UKRAINIAN AND GAZA NEED TO STOP BUT WE HAVE TO STOP PUTIN
Please. Just stop. Lying doesn't help during emergencies. Alberta shouldn't have reduced the firefighting $. The 100 million would have gone a long way towards prevention. Climate change is real.
gotta represent the ukraine population of canada
@@zachcarter3186 and who gonna take care the needs of Canadians??
Always preferred nature’s view anyway don’t give a damn about traffic congestion and monopolies
Lord have mercy and heal the Land of Alberta, and it’s people Lord we pray for repentance and healing in Jesus Name Amen
Let's see how quick your boy is to respond lol.
@@itsjustme664 that 'boy' made you
Meanwhile Alberta in full climate change denial.
This is the results of direct energy weapons.
The face-eating leopards I released into the wild are eating my face!!!! How could I have possibly predicted that face-eating leopards would eat my face!?!?!?!?!
Oh shut up, we have been having fires on this planet for as long as this ball has been spinning
Meanwhile, those carbon taxes haven't done a dam thing
nothing to do with climate change natural occurrence in this country .