Municipal leaders for the town of Jasper held a council meeting in which they discussed asking the Alberta government for more aid to recover from this summer’s devastating wildfire. It comes on the first day students in the mountain town were able to return to class, after buildings had to be cleaned and made safe again. Lisa MacGregor reports.
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