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A UCP spokesperson confirmed Rehn is back in Alberta after travelling to Mexico for a vacation against government travel advisories, but an interview request with Rehn was denied.
A day after Slave Lake Town Council unanimously asked their local UCP MLA Pat Rehn to resign over missed meetings, a travel scandal and an alleged lack of effort - frustration is growing in the northern Alberta town at Rehn’s refusal to step aside.
“You are obviously not interested in the job and not passionate about this region,” Mayor Tyler Warman said Wednesday.
“We’re just hoping someone who is gets the chance to do the job,” he said.
Warman and all six town councillors signed the scathing grievance letter to Rehn and made it public Tuesday.
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At least 10 wildfires are burning out of control in Alberta, and the massive blaze that has forced the evacuation of High Level is nearing h
At least 10 wildfires are burning out of control in Alberta, and the massive blaze that has forced the evacuation of High Level is nearing half the size of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.
The Chuckegg Creek fire near High Level has grown to approximately 280,000 hectares, up from 237,000 hectares on Thursday, according to provincial officials. The devastating Fort McMurray wildfire consumed 589,000 hectares.
About 14 homes in the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement were destroyed by the fire on Thursday. No homes or businesses have been damaged in High Level, but the risk remains, according to Saturday’s update.
Derek Gagnon, provincial information officer with Alberta Wildfire, told CTV News Channel on Saturday that the fire continues to push south.
“It’s still been active in pushing south. It’s still a very active wildfire, it’s just more to the south now,” he said.
Many of the people who have been evacuated from High Level are being accommodated in nearby staging centres, Gagnon said. He hopes wet weather will dampen the fire.
“We’re always hopeful about the forecast when they say things like showers or rain and we do see those words come up a few times in the forecast for northern Alberta over the next few days,” Gagnon added from Edmonton.
“But really until we see the rain fall on the wildfires the forecast doesn’t really do us much good. We have to get the drops in the bucket and that way we’re going to knock down that fire intensity to a less extreme level and really get a better ability to get these fires contained.”
In its Saturday update, the province noted that there is a chance of thunderstorms and gusty winds in the forecast for the High Level area, which could makes the situation worse.
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Range Rd 195, Slave Lake, AB T0G, Canada
6 Years Ago Today: The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge departed from Yellowknife Airport to visit a part of town in Slave Lake that was devastated by a fire in May 2011 during Day 7 of The Royal Tour of Canada on July 6, 2011.
Officials don't yet know when residents who've fled to Slave Lake can return
Just eight years ago, Roland Schmidt was forced from his home in Slave Lake, Alta., in the moments before a wildfire swept through the town.
Now, he's the one lending a helping hand, as hundreds of evacuees forced from their homes by a wildfire near High Level, Alta., stream into town, looking for a place to stay.
High Level is about 500 kilometres north of Slave Lake, which in turn is about 250 kilometres north of Edmonton.
Schmidt, who's the director of finance for the town of Slave Lake, said 1,065 people have registered at the town's temporary emergency operating centre.
The town is ensuring evacuees have the food, shelter and access to medical services they need, he said.
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Chipewyan Lake Rd, Slave Lake, AB T0G, Canada
The Duchess of Cambridge visits a part of town devastated by a fire in May 2011 in Slave Lake, Alberta on Day 7 of The Royal Tour of Canada & North America on July 6, 2011.