Highlights

Weather, more efficient appliances, and changing cultural norms have all played a part.

Hotels and resorts damaged and destroyed by wildfire

Crews are preparing to bulldoze a protection line north of the townsite.

25,000 people evacuated. Multiple door-to-door sweeps performed.

“Most of our residents will have homes to return to. But some of them won’t. There will be a sad mix of people who have lost their homes and their livelihoods,” Mayor Ireland said.

358 of the 1113 structures in Jasper have been destroyed, payments for evacuees now available.

Nally spoke alongside representatives of an anti-abortion group and a parents' choice organization at an event designed to get social conservatives to run in school board elections

A project using Google Maps hopes to compile images from Jasper wildfires, verify their authenticity, and geolocate them on a map of Jasper.

Once fire is under control, cleanup and efforts to reestablish essential services will be underway

The area of the wildfire complex is now estimated to be 36,000 hectares, though officials say mapping the fire has been challenging because of the fire, smoke, strong winds, and relocation of incident management personnel to Hinton.