Destroyed Jasper deli owners hope to reopen it [Video]

Twenty years of memories are gone for the owners of a Jasper deli damaged beyond repair in July’s wildfire.

But Wendy and Glen Leitch, with their daughter and son-in-law, hope to go back some day to open a replacement for the Patricia Street Deli, but not before they set up shop in Edmonton or another Alberta community.

“Chances are we’ll open one here in Edmonton first,” Glen told CTV News Edmonton.

“Jasper was our beginnings 20 years ago. We had the deli there 20 years ago, when we opened it, and we’ll go back. That’ll take a few years to go back, but we will go back. Jasper was very, very nice to us and very supportive.”

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The Leitchs first returned to Jasper after the fire at the end of August to see what was …