Coquitlam SAR volunteer reflects on wildfire devastation in Newfoundland – Tri-Cities Dispatch

Coquitlam SAR volunteer reflects on wildfire devastation in Newfoundland – Tri-Cities Dispatch

Coquitlam SAR volunteer James Carlson in Newfoundland. photos supplied In the last week of August, as one of three Newfoundland wildfires swelled to more than 10,000 hectares, the former schoolteacher headed east. James Carlson had spent decades teaching at elementary schools across the Tri-Cities before wrapping up his career at Mary Hill Elementary in 2022. He stopped working – sort of. “I was retired for a week,” Carlson says with a chuckle. …