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BC premier vowing to continue supporting the tourism industry

BY , Jul 22, 2021 3:26 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

A helicopter flies past the Tremont Creek wildfire burning on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

British Columbia's premier is vowing to continue supporting the tourism industry, which was hoping to begin its recovery from COVID-19 just as hundreds of wildfires ignited in the province.

John Horgan says the B-C government will build on close relationships it formed during the pandemic with businesses and workers to deliver the help they need.

Horgan toured wildfire operations in the Kootenays yesterday as some 300 blazes burned across the province.

Hundreds more British Columbians joined the thousands already forced from their homes by wildfires as several local governments ordered residents to get out Tuesday night and Wednesday ahead of nearby fires.

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