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Parks Canada announces free admission to national parks in B.C., Alberta amid wildfires to support evacuees

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The B.C. Wildfire Service is keeping a close eye on when and where wildfires that have displaced thousands of people from their homes flare up. Parks Canada is offering free admission in national parks in B.C. and Alberta to evacuees.Photograph courtesy of the B.C. Wildfire Service/Twitter

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

August 28, 2023

As wildfires continue to burn in British Columbia and in the Northwest Territories, Parks Canada has announced that it will continue to offer free admission in national parks in both B.C. and Alberta to support those who have been forced to leave their communities until evac...

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