First Jasper, next Banff. Why the town could be the next to burn

First Jasper, next Banff. Why the town could be the next to burn

iStock.com/no_limit_pictures Banff wasn’t affected by forest fires that razed the Jasper townsite just a three-hour drive northwest last summer. It may not be so lucky next time.  That’s the omen Glenn McGillivray, managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), delivered to brokers at the Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta Convention 2025 last week. The conference took place at the Fairmont Banff Springs.  “Last…