People are starting to get a better picture of the devastation caused by wildfire in the town of Jasper. It has people considering their next steps, and across Canada, communities are thinking about how to make their own areas more resilient to wildfire.

In a conversation from April, Jasmin Paris tells The Current’s Matt Galloway about becoming the first woman to complete the Barkley Marathons in Tennessee, one of the most gruelling ultramarathons in the world.

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition party both claimed they won the country’s presidential election on Sunday. Freelance journalist Manuel Rueda says a lack of transparency is to blame, and it won’t be an easy mess to untangle.

Demonstrations over a job quota system in Bangladesh have ballooned into nationwide protests calling for the country’s prime minister to resign. Nearly 200 people have been killed and more than 2,000 protesters have been arrested.

Officials say the wildfire in Jasper, Alta., has destroyed 30 to 50 per cent of the town’s buildings and grown to 36,000 hectares. Fire crews from across the world are now arriving in Jasper to help fight the blaze.

Brett Broadfoot of London, Ont., is mourning the death of his daughter after she was stabbed and killed by her boyfriend of eight months. Police say the situation is linked to intimate partner violence, which the City of London declared an epidemic last year.