A Kelowna, B.C., man says he’s always liked gnomes because they have a “bit of mystery” to them. And he recently got a taste of that whimsy when his garden gnomes disappeared, and came back to him in a peculiar fashion.
More than three weeks after a wildfire forced them to flee, Jasperites will soon be able to return to their beloved town. But there is anxiety among the few who found refuge in the neighbouring town of Hinton, about 45 minutes east of Jasper.
Mushroom pickers have flocked to the area, which was devastated by the 2023 Bush Creek East wildfire, in search of morel mushrooms which grow in wildfire burn areas.