The Durban SPCA have seen a marked increase in pets being dumped or abandoned and they urge pet owners who no longer want their animals to drop them off at their
Karina Pillay is a family physician in Calgary who previously served as Mayor of the Town of Slave Lake during a major wildfire disaster in 2011. With her disaster management experience and medical knowledge, she wants to raise awareness and drive change to reduce the harmful health impacts of climate change.
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Dr. Karina Pillay, former mayor of Slave Lake, Alta., is shown at her medical clinic in Calgary on Friday, April 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh May 09, 2021 - 7:00 AM
Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town s government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the roads. It was such a life-changing experience, the former Slave Lake mayor said in an interview from Calgary, where she now works as a family doctor. You just can t forget those vivid images in your head.
Pillay was in her third term as mayor when the wildfire burned about one-third of the northern Alberta town 10 years ago this month.