…campaign at this week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to press Premier Christy Clark to put more money into preventing the wildfires that threaten B.C. communities with increasing regularity.
By Justine Hunter
In July of 2009, wildfires chased 15,000 West Kelowna residents from their homes. The district’s Mayor, Doug Findlater, was one of the evacuees. Every summer since, he stays home to keep vigil because of the recurring threat to his community. “I dread summer, I really do,” he said in an interview. “That’s not the way it should be. Your life is never quite the same when you have been forced out of your house and are wondering if everything is gone.” Mr. Findlater is leading the campaign at this week’s Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to press Premier Christy Clark to put more money into preventing the wildfires that threaten B.C. communities with increasing regularity.
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