Protest in Burns Lake over 'frustrating' wildfire response, red tape

Protesters on Saturday surrounded trucks loaded with firefighting gear in Burns Lake before the drivers left after being denied ferry access to the nearby Southside of Francois Lake, where evacuation holdouts are struggling to protect their homes from Central Interior wildfires.
More than 50 people assembled to show disappointment that the 28 trucks loaded with sprinklers, hoses and other gear sat idle in a grocery store parking lot for the past few days. The truckers, most of them from Alberta,