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\u00a0By Dionne Phillips \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On the heels of the province’s worst wildfire season in 2023, Premier David Eby stressed the importance of preparedness and proactiveness during an announcement held at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops (T?emlups). At the event on April 4, the premier announced the creation of a new wildfire training and education centre at the university, which the B.C. government says is the first of its kind in North America. Last year’s wildfire season saw tens of thousands of people evacuated and 2.84 million hectares of land scorched, with the communities of Secwepemcul’ecw being no exception. “By establishing the first-of-its-kind wildfire training and education centre in North America, we are preparing our future wildfire professionals for the critical work of protecting our forests, our… <\/p>\n

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\u00a0By Dionne Phillips \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter On the heels of the province’s worst wildfire season in 2023, Premier David Eby stressed the importance of preparedness and proactiveness during an announcement held at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops (T?emlups). At the event on April 4, the premier announced the creation of a new wildfire training and education centre at the university, which the B.C. government says is the first of its kind in North America. Last year’s wildfire season saw tens of thousands of people evacuated and 2.84 million hectares of land scorched, with the communities of Secwepemcul’ecw being no exception. “By establishing the first-of-its-kind wildfire training and education centre in North America, we are preparing our future wildfire professionals for the critical work of protecting our forests, our... <\/p>\n

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