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First Lytton, then Jasper: the emotional toll of wildfire destruction weighs heavy for survivors and their families By Eva Takakenew Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Amy Romer, works as a mentor for Megaphone’s peer newsroom called The Shift in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.The Shift is made up of a diverse group of individuals with lived experience of poverty, who are reporting from the DTES instead of being reported on. On the day of the wildfire disaster in Lytton, B.C. \u2014 which destroyed the village on June 30, 2021 \u2014 Megaphone vendor Peter Thompson, whose hometown is Lytton, was living in Vancouver. Upon hearing the news, his immediate thought was to find a way to help, but being so far away without a vehicle, he felt powerless. \u201cI felt really bad that there… <\/p>\n

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First Lytton, then Jasper: the emotional toll of wildfire destruction weighs heavy for survivors and their families By Eva Takakenew Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Amy Romer, works as a mentor for Megaphone’s peer newsroom called The Shift in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.The Shift is made up of a diverse group of individuals with lived experience of poverty, who are reporting from the DTES instead of being reported on. On the day of the wildfire disaster in Lytton, B.C. \u2014 which destroyed the village on June 30, 2021 \u2014 Megaphone vendor Peter Thompson, whose hometown is Lytton, was living in Vancouver. Upon hearing the news, his immediate thought was to find a way to help, but being so far away without a vehicle, he felt powerless. \u201cI felt really bad that there... <\/p>\n

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