Alberta wildfires wreaking havoc on Métis and First Nations communities – APTN News

May 18, 2023

Thousands of people have lost their homes or businesses to wildfires that are spread out across Alberta.

Nearly 17,000 people have been forced to leave their homes as 26 of 87 fires burn out of control.

The East Prairie Métis Settlement in northern Alberta has also been hit hard. They’ve been on an evacuation order for the past 14 days and fire has destroyed more than two dozen structures in that community

Dave Lamouche, president of the Métis Settlement general council told Nation to Nation that the scale of the destruction is still being calculated and that right now, the families need support, prayers and encouraging words.

“I think its that time, where the stuff they had lost is now sinking in,” he said.

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