
‘Fragile’: An emotional day for Jasper residents one year after devastating wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. — Kimberley Stark has a scavenger hunt planned for her three kids on the plot of land in Jasper, Alta., where they used to crawl, play and sleep.
They’ll be searching for pieces of Jasper’s nature, like mushrooms, purple asters, daisies and pine trees. Stark says she wants to bring a light touch to what’s likely to be heavy day in the mountain town, still bearing wounds of last summer’s destructive wildfire.
“We live at our house — it’s just that the house is missing,” said Stark, a volunteer firefighter who watched her family’s home burn the night of the fire.
“We’ll spend part of the day there, and not in a negative way. In a fun way.”