Ten years later: Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town | iNFOnews
Colette Derworiz Dr. Karina Pillay, former mayor of Slave Lake, Alta., is shown at her medical clinic in Calgary on Friday, April 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh May 09, 2021 - 7:00 AM Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town's government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the roads. "It was such a life-changing experience," the former Slave Lake mayor said in an interview from Calgary, where she now works as a family doctor. "You just can't forget t...
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