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.”
The press should definitely be allowed in. It’s wild to me how little coverage of wildfires there’s been in Canadian news this summer (by design). What climate change? /s