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Monday, July 7, 2025

United Nations fires 9 UNRWA workers over involvement in Oct. 7 terrorist attack

By
Noah Jarvis, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

The Trudeau government continues to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees despite several of its employees having participated in the October 7 terrorist attack against Israel. 

On Monday, the UN announced the results of an internal investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services into UNRWA’s involvement in the Oct. 7 attack against Israel. The OIOS investigation found that an additional 9 UNRWA workers are suspected to have participated in the massacre with the total reaching 19 UNRWA workers implicated in the attack. 

UN Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that he fired the implicated employees while maintaining that UNRWA continues to do “lifesaving” work.

“The allegations were brought to the Agency’s attention in January. In close consultation with the United Nations Secretary-General (SG), I immediately terminated the contracts of the staff in question, in the interest of the Agency, while the SG tasked OlOS to launch an investigation,” said Lazzarini.

“The Agency’s priority is to continue lifesaving and critical services for Palestine Refugees in Gaza and across the region, especially in the face of the ongoing war, the instability and risk of regional escalation.”

The UN did not announce the nature of the UNRWA workers’ involvement in the terrorist attack.

HonestReporting Canada’s Executive Director Mike Fegelman told True North that he is not surprised by UNRWA’s involvement in the Oct. 7 attack and that Canada’s news media have ignored the agency’s radicalism.

“Nobody should be surprised to learn that UNRWA staff participated in Hamas’ genocidal massacres on October 7, the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust,” said Fegelman.

“Although widely ignored by the news media, UNRWA textbooks provided to Palestinian schoolchildren have long been rife with hateful antisemitic incitement, a Hamas command centre was found underneath their Gaza headquarters, an UNRWA teacher reportedly held an Israeli hostage and UNRWA has long been a problem, not a solution.”

These firings are in addition to 10 UNRWA workers that the UN fired in January after Israel brought the issue to the UN’s attention.

The Trudeau government temporarily paused funding to the UNRWA along with the United States and 15 other countries after the initial allegations came to light. 

However, the Trudeau government restored funding to UNRWA less than two months after the funding pause despite calls within the Liberal caucus not to do so.

The Trudeau government decided to renew Canada’s funding for UNRWA in 2016 after the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper cancelled its funding in 2010.

True North reached out to Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen for comment, but his office did not respond.

Fegelman said that Canadians need to reconsider whether they feel comfortable funding UNRWA.

“Canadian taxpayers are helping to foot the bill for this irredeemable agency, and need to ask themselves if this is an expense they consider to be worthwhile.”

The NDP and leader Jagmeet Singh were among the most vocal in urging the Trudeau government to restore funding to UNRWA after the funding pause, claiming the funding pause is a punishment against innocent Palestinians.

True North reached out to the NDP for comment, but the party did not reply.

In a comment to True North, deputy leader of the Conservative party Melissa Lantsman touted her party’s revoking of UNRWA funding and promised to defund UNRWA once again upon forming government.

“Conservatives cut funding to UNRWA when we were in government and warned against Trudeau’s decision to restore funding to the organization that is financing Hamas and even employed Hamas terrorists,” said Lantsman.

“Justin Trudeau should be ashamed that he ignored the warnings and funded the same organization whose members helped carry out the genocidal October 7th attack on Israel. Common sense Conservatives will cut foreign aid to dictators and terrorists and we will carry out a full review of every dollar we send out of this country.”

Conservatives demand emergency meeting after alleged ISIS militant in Canada implicated in terror plot 

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: PICRYL

The Conservatives want to hold emergency committee meetings in response to two men charged with multiple terrorism offences. The meetings are to determine how one of the men charged was able to enter the country given his previous alleged ties with ISIS. 

“Canadians are learning a man who allegedly dismembered someone on video on behalf of ISIS immigrated to Canada on Trudeau’s watch,” wrote Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevere in a post to X on Tuesday. “Last month, police arrested him and his son while they were allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Toronto.”

“Who in Trudeau’s government is responsible for this massive failure?” asked Poilievre.

According to RCMP, a Toronto father and his son were charged for their involvement with an alleged plot to carry out a violent terrorist attack in the city. 

The Conservatives called the man’s admission into Canada an “egregious national security failure” which “occurred under Justin Trudeau’s watch” in a statement released on Tuesday.

Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and his son Mostafa Eldidi, 26, appeared in virtual court sessions in Newmarket, Ont. to face multiple terror-related charges last week.

Among the nine charges against the two is one count each of conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit or at the direction of a terrorist group.

Both men maintain that they are innocent on all charges but have yet to make a formal plea. 

The Conservatives responded by calling for the emergency meetings and by sending a letter requesting that the House of Commons public safety committee be recalled to discover the root cause of the security breach. 

“Throughout the summer, Conservatives have demanded that the Public Safety Committee should return to do its vital work, but the Liberal-NDP coalition refused, wishing to continue their summer vacations,” reads the Conservative Party of Canada statement.

“The attempted terror attack in the Greater Toronto Area shows the importance of this Committee returning so parliamentarians can do their work to ensure Canada’s national security. Any more delays from the Liberal-NDP coalition are an unacceptable act of negligence.”

The statement went on to accuse the Trudeau government of not properly vetting people at the border for potential links to terrorist networks. 

“What is even more shocking is that one of the two accused men had entered Canada, and had been granted a Canadian citizenship by the Trudeau Government, even though he had been videoed dismembering a prisoner on behalf of ISIS in 2015,” continued the statement. 

The purpose of the meetings would be to determine how Eldidi was able to enter Canada and ultimately become a Canadian citizen and to find out if there are any individuals with similar backgrounds who have been granted entry into Canada.

The two men were arrested in Richmond Hill, Ont. last month after a month-long investigation involving multiple police departments.

According to RCMP Supt. James Parr, the alleged plot targeted Toronto, however, little details can be shared publicly due the threat being under a publication ban. 

Parr did confirm that authorities suspect the target of the alleged plot was supposed to be the “general public.” 

The two are also facing additional weapons charges for possession of an axe and a machete, which were in their possession at the time of their arrest. 

“As you know, they were charged with having particular weapons. In other words, we’re pretty confident how close they were to moving from simply having those tools and then moving on to actioning that threat,” said Parr during a press conference last week.

Conservative House House Leader Andrew Scheer called the incident “a colossal failure of Trudeau’s national security system” in a press conference on Parliament Hill Tuesday morning. 

“Today, Conservatives are calling on the Bloc and NDP to support our efforts to recall the public safety committee so that we can investigate all the aspects of this disturbing and shocking event,” added Scheer. 

“Canadians have a right to know what went wrong? How did this individual get into Canada and obtain Canadian citizenship?”

Ratio’d | Chaotic race riots TAKE OVER Britain! Is Canada next?

By
Harrison Faulkner
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This was all inevitable in the UK. After a terrible knife attack in which a man killed three innocent girls at a dance class, anti-immigration riots erupted across the United Kingdom. In response, large groups of angry Muslim men – many holding weapons – clashed with the British protesters, cars set on fire and shops destroyed.

The response from the media and the Labour government? To blame the “far-right” while completely neglecting the other side of the riots and the reasons for so much anger and frustration.

Could this easily happen in Canada too? Just like the UK government, the Canadian government is not listening to the legitimate and fair concerns of the Canadian people against mass immigration.

Watch the latest episode of Ratio’d with Harrison Faulkner!

UK Facebook comments arrest is a warning for Canada say critics of online harms bill

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Wikimedia Commons

A video showing a man being arrested by UK police for social media comments has some Canadians warning that Canada’s own legislation could be used in a similarly “draconian” way.

The Crown Prosecution Service has named one man, 28-year-old Jordan Parlour, as the first person to be arrested over social media comments. The comments related to riots sparked by a 17-year-old British citizen born to Rwandan immigrants who went on a stabbing spree, killing three young girls aged six to nine. 

Parlour was convicted of “using threatening words or behaviour to stir up racial hatred,” though True North was unable to verify if he was the same man in the video. Parlour pleaded guilty to the charges.

The video shows police informing the unidentified man in his home that he is going to be arrested for allegedly making “offensive comments” online.

“I’m arresting you on suspicion of improper use of the electronic communications network,” the police officer said, referring to the UK’s Communications Act law.

The law makes it criminal to send “by means of a public electronic communications network” a message that is “grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing in character, or causes any such message or matter to be so sent.”

The video shared widely on X attracted the ire of renowned Canadian psychologist and author Dr. Jordan Peterson, X CEO Elon Musk and Canadian veteran and former Freedom Convoy spokesperson Tom Marazzo. 

Peterson called the incident “the disappearance of everything folks in the UK hold dear.”

Musk posted a meme pointing out the apparent absurdity of someone being arrested for “making a Facebook comment that the UK government didn’t like.”

Former journalist and senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, Peter Menzies, told True North that it’s important to pay attention what is happening in other countries. 

He said people being arrested in England for things they say is nothing new, pointing to a case last year in which six police officers were arrested for private WhatsApp messages they sent to each other.

He said aspects of Canada’s proposed Online Harms Act, Bill C-63, could similarly chill free speech in Canada though Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms affords Canadians protections that are absent in the U.K.

“They don’t have a Charter of Rights, so they can do things under British law that I’m pretty sure would not stand up to a Charter challenge in Canada,” Menzies said.

Although he thinks Canadians can feel “pretty confident” that the charter protects them, Menzies said they should be “very nervous” about the potential for authoritarianism in the Online Harms Act.

The bill would allow Canadians to complain to the Human Rights Commission when they think somebody’s speech is harmful online.

“The Human Rights Commission will likely receive thousands upon thousands of complaints from people just trying to shut down their opponents,” Menzies said. “It’ll be a very efficient way for people to shut down their ideological, social, and political opponents.”

The proposed law could also grant life imprisonment for anyone who breaches any part of the act.

The act also enables provincial courts to place a person under house arrest if they “reasonably believe” that the accused will commit a hate speech crime online in the future.

Menzies said the part of the act which deals with the Human Rights Commission is draconian.

“The Human Rights Commission is not the same as a court of law. The burden of proof tends to fall on the accused. it’s often said that the process is the punishment and can drag on for years and years,” he said.

He said the whole process “becomes a real shakedown” as people frequently pay thousands of dollars to avoid the drawn-out cases.

Instead of the bill, Menzies thinks social media companies should band together as they have done in New Zealand to ban harmful material from their websites rather than handing over power to the state to criminalize certain speech online.

Nearly half of all Canadians want to shrink government bureaucracy: poll

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Goodfon

Nearly half of Canadians think that the government is too big.

According to a Leger poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, 47% of Canadians believe the number of federal government employees should be reduced.

Between July 26 and 28, Leger asked over 1,600 random Canadians over 18 what they think should happen to the increasing size of government bureaucracy.

“Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took power in 2015, the federal government has hired an additional 108,000 employees, which is a 42% increase in less than a decade,” The poll said to Canadians before asking their opinion. “For comparison, Canada’s population grew by 14% during that time. There are now 367,772 federal government employees.”

Over a quarter, 29%, of Canadians think the government ought to maintain its federal employment levels, while 7% believe the bureaucracy is not big enough.

When those who responded “don’t know” were asked if the federal employee count should be raised, decreased or maintained, 56% of those who had an opinion said the size of the state should be reduced.

Over a third of those with an opinion wanted to maintain the number of federal employees, and only 9% wanted to see that number increased.

NDP voters were the most likely to want the public sector to grow, with 15% of them saying there should be more federal employees. However NDP voters were more likely to want the size of the bureaucracy to remain the same.


NDP voters were also the most likely to not know what they thought about the size of the state, with 23% saying, “I don’t know.”

Liberal voters were the most likely to want the status quo to be maintained, with 45% saying there shouldn’t be more public sector employees, but no one should lose their job at this point. 36% wanted to reduce the numbers.

Green Party voters were nearly as likely. 42% want to shrink the size of government employees and 40% agreed that the size should be maintained. 


Nearly three-quarters, 71%, of Conservatives feel that the government is too big and that the public sector needs to be reduced. 19% said it should stay the same and 4% said it should grow.

When those who don’t know are removed from the equation, 75% of Conservatives think the government should begin reducing the number of public sector employees, and 50% of Liberal voters think it should remain the same size, leaving 41% of Liberals saying there are too many government employees.

“Taxpayers paid for tens of thousands of extra bureaucrats, more than one million pay raises, and hundreds of millions in bonuses in recent years, and the government still can’t deliver good services,” Franco Terrazzano, federal director for the CTF, said in a news release. 

“Canadians can’t afford to pay higher taxes, and the government is up to its eyeballs in debt, so it’s time for Ottawa to take air out of its ballooning bureaucracy.”

Global Affairs warns Canadians to avoid travel to Israel as Iran conflict escalates

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Unsplash

In an updated travel advisory, Global Affairs Canada is urging Canadians to avoid all travel to Israel as the Middle Eastern conflict escalates. 

The diplomatic agency issued the travel advisory on Saturday, citing “the ongoing regional armed conflict and the unpredictable security situation.” Formerly, the foreign service only advised against non-essential travel.

Tensions between Israel and Iran have increased rapidly following the killing of Fuad Shukr, a Hezbollah commander during an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon last month. 

Hezbollah is a military group allied with Hamas, and both are backed by Iran’s Islamist regime. 

Israel alleges that Shukr was responsible for a rocket strike three days earlier on July 27 that killed 12 young people on a soccer field in the Golan Heights, an Israeli-occupied area. 

However, Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the incident.

Ismail Haniyeh, a prominent political leader of Hamas, was also killed in Tehran, Iran’s capital only hours before Shurk in a separate targeted airstrike.

While Iran has blamed Israel for the assassination, Israel has refused to comment on the situation.

However, in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack Israel had previously stated that it would target Hamas leaders regardless of their location. 

“The security situation can deteriorate further without warning,” said Global Affairs Canada. 

“If the armed conflict intensifies, it could impact your ability to depart by commercial means. It may result in travel disruptions, including airspace closures and flight cancellations and diversions.”

The department previously warned Canadians to avoid travelling to Lebanon for the same reasons last fall. 

“You should not rely on the Government of Canada for an assisted departure or evacuation,” it said. 

Israel and Hezbollah began exchanging fire along the border after the Oct. 7 attack, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in about 250 hostages being taken from Israel into Hamas-controlled Gaza. 

Hezbollah has vowed to continue launching rockets into Israel until the IDF ceases its operations in Gaza. 

“In the event of an evacuation, Government of Canada assisted departures would only be available to Canadian citizens and permanent residents in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as well as their accompanying spouse and dependent children,” explained the travel advisory. 

“All travellers would require valid travel documents for their assisted departure. The required onward travel to Canada from a safe third location would be at your own expense.”

Global Affairs Canada recommends that Canadians keep all travel documents and their childrens’ “up to date and secure at all times.”

Consumers will shoulder the cost of digital levy that taxes 2022 revenue retroactively 

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Unsplash

Canadians can expect to pay the price of a new digital tax implemented in late June that applies to revenues earned as far back as Jan. 1, 2022.

The Digital Services Tax Act is part of Bill C-59, which received Royal Assent on June 20, 2024. The Department of Finance said the 3% tax applies to large domestic and foreign businesses.

The annual 3% tax will apply to some Canadian-source digital services revenue generated from online marketplaces, advertising services and social media.

Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, Franco Terrazzano, told True North that other countries have imposed similar taxes, which have made the cost of living more expensive and passed the cost down to consumers.

“Trudeau should be doing everything he can to make life more affordable, but this digital services tax will mean higher prices for ordinary Canadians,” said Terrazzano. “The feds need to stop dreaming up new taxes and new ways to make life more expensive.”

An assessment revealed how France’s digital tax was absorbed by consumers and companies alike. It showed that 55% of the tax burden was absorbed by consumers, followed by 40% by businesses using digital platforms, and only 5% by the large internet companies initially targeted.

“This tax will also harm our economy. Trudeau managed to do two terrible things in one fell swoop: raise costs for Canadians at a time they can least afford it and risk a trade war with the United States,” said Terrazzano.

The Information Technology Industry Council, featuring members like Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Visa, and other tech behemoths, reported “grave concern” after learning of Canada’s digital services tax. 

“Canada’s digital services tax sends a damaging blow to its partnership with allies, the business community, and Canadian consumers who will likely bear the burden of this tax,” said the council’s senior director of tax and trade policy, Megan Funkhouser. 

“The ill-advised action defies Canada’s commitments in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, undermines its participation in the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework’s multilateral tax project, and jeopardizes its own economic growth,” added Funkhouser. 

The council and nearly a dozen other associations penned a letter calling on the United States government to protect the country’s tax base, warning it could cost them up to $2.3 billion annually.

“Canada’s proposal to make this DST nearly three years retroactive is unprecedented. This undermines basic principles of tax certainty and will have a chilling effect on the investment climate in Canada among U.S. companies,” reads the letter.

Google’s terms of service show that anyone using Google Ads in Canada will be subject to a 2.5% Digital Services Tax fee as of Oct. 1, 2024.

“The fees are being added to cover part of the cost of complying with Digital Services Tax legislation in Canada,” reads Google Ads’ support page.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada warned that consumers will pay for the tax.

“This will increase the cost of running ads on Google and will likely spur similar action on the part of other platforms if they decide to follow suit,” said the bureau.  

“Currently, our sector’s major concern is regarding the backlash this may cause in the U.S., particularly during the election cycle,” added the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada.

The tax will apply retroactively to “in-scope” revenues earned since Jan. 1, 2022. The four categories that consist of in-scope revenue are online marketplace services revenue, online advertising services revenue, social media services revenue, and user data revenue. 

“Making the tax retroactive shows that these federal politicians and bureaucrats are money hungry and trying to take as much money as they can get away with,” said Terrazzano. 

Any taxpayer or group with more than €750,000,000 in global revenue and those earning more than $20,000,000 of Canadian in-scope revenue will be subject to the tax.

While most Canadians don’t fall within that threshold, they are consumers of products from organizations that do.

In 2017, Australia implemented a 10% goods and services tax on digital downloads. In response, Netflix increased its prices to cover the tax and additional charges, increasing their prices by more than 10%. 

A recent study showed that Canadians already spend more on taxes than food, shelter, and clothing combined.

Derek Robinson, CEO of a marketing agency, said that the Liberals keep making it harder and more expensive to do business in Canada.“The DST is also a tax on a tax. So GST is added after the 2.5% is applied, just like the carbon tax. This will cost several Mash Strategy clients $1000s per year,” he said in a post to X.

Pablo Rodriguez considering Quebec Liberal leadership bid

By
Noah Jarvis, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau risks losing another cabinet minister as Transportation Minister Pablo Rodriguez considers a run to lead the Quebec Liberals.

Minister Rodriguez has served in several key positions since being first elected in 2015. 

However, according to a Radio-Canada report, Rodriguez has been approached by provincial counterparts asking the Honoré-Mercier MP to run in the upcoming Quebec Liberal leadership race.

Rodriguez is seriously considering becoming the Quebec Liberals’ leader, discussing the idea with colleagues, including fellow francophone Liberal MP Francois-Philippe Champagne. 

The Quebec Liberals have been without a permanent party leader since Dominique Anglade resigned the leadership in late 2022. In the 2022 provincial election, the Quebec Liberals suffered a steep drop in support province-wide, losing voters to the Quebec Conservatives and the governing Coalition Avenir Québec. 

Pollster and professor Philippe J Fournier told True North that pursuing the Quebec Liberal leadership may not be in Rodriguez’s best interest.

“Rodriguez holds a safe LPC seat in Montreal. It would be easy for him to stay on to rebuild LPC post-Trudeau. So I am not sure, but I am leaning no,” said Fournier.

“Quebec Liberals are polling below federal Liberals in Quebec. Maybe there is room for the QLP to grow with the CAQ stumbling, but there is definitely risk for Rodriguez. Hard to label this move as “opportunist” if it happens.”

When asked if Rodriguez would help the Quebec Liberals expand their party’s support, Fournier expressed some doubt.

“Some would argue the QLP needs young blood, and Rodriguez isn’t that,” said Fournier. “But regardless what one thinks of Rodriguez, he would bring experience to what will be a new team. Also, QLP needs to grow outside Montreal, not sure Rodriguez helps in that regard.”

The sole candidate in the Quebec Liberal leadership race is former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, a centre-left politician for nearly 40 years. 

Despite Coderre’s extensive experience in Quebec politics as Montreal’s former mayor and a Liberal MP for nearly 16 years, Fournier thinks that Rodriguez would beat Coderre in a leadership election “easily.”

The Quebec Liberals plan on holding their leadership election in June 2025.

While the Quebec Liberals have been without a leader for over a year, the party is projected to finish second in the provincial election as the CAQ’s support continues to dwindle.

If Rodriguez decides to leave federal politics, he will join a growing list of Liberal cabinet ministers and MPs who have decided to bow out of federal politics ahead of the next election.

Last month, Trudeau cabinet minister Seamus O’Regan announced that he would immediately be stepping down as minister of labour and would not be seeking reelection.

The Daily Brief | Veterans speak out about the abysmal state of the military

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Source: 1 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force Visits 10th CAB

In an interview with Canadian psychologist and author Dr. Jordan Peterson, Mark Norman, Lieutenant-General J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, and his wife Barbara Maisonneuve, spoke out about the state of the military and how DEI policies are contributing to low levels of retention and recruitment.

Plus, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will not be granting residency status to illegal immigrants.

And Canadian insolvencies have steadily been on the rise, hitting a four-year high in the second quarter of this year.

Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Noah Jarvis!

Fallen tree kills 24-year-old firefighter in Jasper wildfires

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

A 24-year-old firefighter from Alberta was killed on Saturday while fighting the wildfire in Jasper National Park. 

RCMP officers were notified that an Alberta Wildland firefighter sustained a serious injury after being struck by a fallen tree while attempting to stave off the out-of-control blaze still raging northeast of Jasper on Saturday afternoon. 

“RCMP wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and co-workers of the deceased,” said Cpl. Troy Savinkoff,  a public information officer.

A resident of Calgary, the firefighter was based out of the Rocky Mountain House firebase. 

The Calgary Police Commission expressed its condolences to his family in a post to X on Sunday. 

According to Parks Canada, the man received immediate first aid from his crew before being rushed to a helipad on a stretcher and flown out by Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service air ambulance.

However, shortly after its departure, he was pronounced dead.

“Our hearts go out to the loved ones and colleagues of the firefighter who lost his life while working on the incident at Jasper NP. We stand together, offering unwavering support and gratitude to all the courageous firefighters on the frontlines,” wrote Parks Canada in a post to X. 

“This incident highlights the dangerous nature of wildland firefighting and the hazards that crew members encounter every day. Every single person responding to the Jasper Wildfire Complex is in mourning today for our friend and colleague. The wildland fire community is small and every loss deeply impacts us all,” said Parks Canada.

RCMP confirmed that an investigation will be launched into the death by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. 

Alberta Wildfire members and other partner departments lined the road to honour the lost firefighter as a procession passed by on Sunday. 

“Today we are mourning the loss of one of our own. An Alberta Wildfire crew member was fatally injured yesterday while responding to the wildfire in Jasper. This morning we stood heartbroken with our partners as a procession passed by,” read the post.

Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland said the municipality stood with the firefighter, who came to aid them in their time of need and made the “ultimate sacrifice.”

“This dedicated person travelled to Jasper to help us, to help protect our town and our home. Our hearts ache for their family, their loved ones and their comrades. Jasperites stand with you, sharing in your grief and honouring the ultimate sacrifice of a courageous firefighter,” said Ireland.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she was “deeply saddened” by the death which she called a”tragic loss.” 

“I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of a wildland firefighter during yesterday’s response operations in the Jasper area,” wrote Smith.

“Our hearts go out to their family and friends in this incredibly difficult time. We are forever grateful for the courageous wildland firefighters who risk their lives every day to protect others.”

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