‘An investment B.C. has to make’: Conservatives aim to increase wildfire protection

The B.C. Conservatives are pledging to expand the province’s wildfire-fighting arsenal, saying the plan would largely pay for itself.
Interim Leader Lorne Doerkson and Penticton-Summerland candidate Tracy St. Claire met Faulder resident Joel Patan at his burned-out family home on Oct. 2.
The house and the surrounding area were destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire that erupted on Aug. 7.
“At 5:25 that evening, my neighbour texted me that there was a fire about 11 kilometres west of us