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Two aggressive wildfires burning near Jasper National Park in Alberta forced a mass evacuation from the nearby town Monday night, and a P.E.I. singer-songwriter performing in the area was among those forced to flee. CBC News: Compass host Louise Martin speaks with Catherine MacLellan about the experience.
The evacuation order that came to Jasper, Alta., Monday in the face of advancing wildfires Monday not was not unexpected, says P.E.I. musician Catherine MacLellan, but still shocking.
MacLellan was taking advantage of a break in her schedule during a tour of western Canada to visit friends in Jasper.
“They warned me, gas up just in case there’s a fire but they really didn’t think it would happen,” said MacLellan.
“By the time we were eating dinner that night we got the alert that there might be an evacuation order coming. From that time on we just started packing up the kids. The …
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