One year after a wildfire devastated Jasper, its residents struggle to rebuild their lives and community

When Jorge Castillo was finally allowed to return to Jasper, he drove to his home in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains hoping to see at least some remnants of the house he and his family had lived in for the past four years.

He was expecting to find part of it still standing after last year’s wildfire. But “there was nothing,” said Mr. Castillo, a chef who works at a restaurant south of town.