The B.C. Wildlife Federation (BCWF) is calling for a science-based return to restricted backcountry access to fire-damaged forests, saying the post-fire road closures announced by the Ministry of Forests have “devolved into chaos.”
On a shelf in the corner of the art gallery curiously sits a mortar and pestle, and beside it four small jars of different hues of reddish-brown to sagey-beige powder. Simple, yet purposefully placed. Innocuous, yet poignant.
Seven-year-old Ayden McKillop shyly nods his head when asked if it’s exciting to have everybody focusing on him and his artwork, which is now a hot selling t-shirt in support of firefighters battling wildfires.
