Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations

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This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. When the chief of the Okanagan Indian Band looked down on his community from a helicopter last week, much of what he had known all his life was gone. Homes had burned. Photographs, memorabilia and Salish baskets had disappeared with them. More than 30 band members […]

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