BC Green calling for provincewide fire ban

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BC Green calling for provincewide fire ban

The BC Greens are calling for a provincewide fire ban following the early start to this year’s wildfire season. Leader Sonia Furstenau’s call to ban open burning and campfires comes in the wake of the first evacuation order of the season in the Chetwynd area. That order was downgraded to an alert today, though the fire is still burning out of control. “The wildfire season is starting earlier each year,” Furstenau said, in a statement, noting Alb…