Parks Canada knew of dead pine throughout Alberta’s Jasper National Park prior to a disastrous July 24 fire, Jasper’s mayor testified at the Senate agriculture and forestry committee. Mayor Richard Ireland declined comment when asked if dead trees contributed to the blaze that left 40 percent of townspeople homeless: “I am not a scientist.”
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