Jasper wildfires displace Ukrainian refugees again [Video]

Many Ukrainians fleeing the war in their home country came to Jasper to find a fresh start, but now they’ve been displaced again following the destructive wildfires that ravaged the town.

Of the approximately 5,000 Jasper residents forced from their homes by wildfires, roughly 100 of them were Ukrainian refugees who came to the town in search of a stable home.

Now many of them were displaced yet again after their homes, jobs and belongings were destroyed.

Iarema Pokotskyi moved to Canada with his wife and daughter in January. They left Ukraine in 2022 and spent time in Poland, Germany and Denmark before landing in Calgary.

“We’ve been trying to find a place where we can sit back and relax,” Pokotskyi said.

“But that ever-changing circle of places to stay, it was like you never basically feel like you belong somewhere.

“Coming to Canada, we wanted to have the feeling …