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From traditional knowledge to FireSmart, Okanagan leaders focus on wildfire risks

Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie is cautiously optimistic about how this year’s fire season will play out. It’s already much less traumatic than this time last year, when theMcDougall Creek wildfire destroyed nearly 200 homes and large swaths of forest. “But we’re not out of the woods yet,” Louie …

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