In July, a blaze ripped through the Rocky Mountain town. We spoke to its mayor, Richard Ireland, about the community's losses—and what it will do to rebuild.
| Richard Ireland, Mayor of Jasper, Is Ready to Rebuild | | During the historic fire that ripped through Jasper in July, hundreds of buildings burnt to the ground. One of them was a house that belonged to Richard Ireland, Jasper’s mayor. Ireland has lived in Jasper his whole life and been mayor since 2001. Three generations of his family have lived in his house, which is now reduced to ash. In an in-depth interview with Maclean’s managing editor Katie Underwood, Ireland talks about what he experienced during the fire and how Jasper is now rebuilding from the rubble. After the fire was finally extinguished, Ireland returned to Jasper on a tour bus. “Coming up a side street,” he says, “I saw that my neighbour’s house appeared to be untouched. I could see my back fence and the roof of my garage. For a moment, I thought I’d been spared. I jumped off the bus and ran a few steps. But there was a hole in the ground where my house used to be. When I looked down into the foundation only a few mattress springs and some appliances had survived.” —Sarah Fulford, editor-in-chief | | | | |
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| | | FIRST PERSON | | We Fell in Love at a Running Club | | Tired of the endless swiping and superficiality of dating apps, Canadians are gravitating toward mixers, face-to-face speed-dating events and common-interest groups in their search for love. Among them are Katy Dmowski, a medical student at the University of Calgary, and Evelyn Poole, a McGill University grad student, who met at OUTrun, a queer running club in Montreal. We spoke to them about their experiences with online dating—and how connecting through a running group made all the difference. | | |
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| | | HABITAT | | Inside a West Vancouver Tree House With History | | The tree-shrouded 1665 Ottawa Avenue in West Vancouver was designed by famed Canadian architect Ron Thom. The 3,000-square-foot cruciform house is bedecked in wall-to-ceiling cedar shiplap panels, and the centrepiece is an open-concept living room with windows that create an observation deck to the foliage outside. | | |
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| | | How Polyamory Became the New Normal | | | | When Warren Baird and his partner, Blue, found out they were expecting a baby 17 years ago, they decided on an unconventional arrangement: they invited Blue’s other partner, Jbash, to live with them and raise the child together. The three of them are among many Canadians redefining love, sex and marriage through polyamory. For the September issue of Maclean’s, Rosemary Counter spoke to several polyamorous Canadians, including Baird, about their lives and relationships. The details they share are intimate, frank and fascinating. “It’s all fluid, negotiable and open to redefinition,” Counter writes. “And it can get complicated.” | | |
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