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B.C. admits communications with First Nations during Lytton fire 'didn't live up to expectations'


Posted: Jul 04, 2021 3:34 PM PT | Last Updated: July 4
An image from video captured by a Lytton resident fleeing the B.C. community on June 30 shows numerous structures on fire.(2 Rivers Remix Society/Vimeo)
British Columbia s public safety minister admitted his government s wildfire response this week revealed  gaps in protocols  after facing criticism from First Nations leaders.
Mike Farnworth s comments came a day after the tribal council chair for the worst-hit area of the province lambasted the province s lack of early communication as sickening while homes and other buildings on the Lytton First Nation were destroyed by fire.
While there were challenging factors, early communication with the Nlaka pamux Nation Tribal Council and the Oregon Jack Creek Band didn t live up to expectations, Farnworth said in a statement Sunday. I have made my expectations clear to the ministry and I have been assured that immediate steps have been taken to ....

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'Overwhelming' support pours in for victims of Lytton fire


Posted: Jul 04, 2021 5:54 PM PT | Last Updated: July 5
The Katzie First Nation in the Fraser Valley community of Pitt Meadows has organized a donation centre to collect goods for the evacuees from the Lytton wildfire. (Joel Ballard/CBC News)
After a fire ravaged Lytton, B.C., earlier this week, the public has stepped up to help with donations in a big way. Groups, individuals and First Nations are gathering funds and supplies to help hundreds of people who fled as their homes burned on June 30.
Chelsea Carlson works with the Savage Society, a group of Indigenous performers who use myths, historical stories and contemporary tales to create theatre and film. They have performed in Lytton in B.C. s southern Interior for the last several years.  ....

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