British Columbia is entering another forest fire season, and with the persisting impacts of climate change, blazing forests in the summer might become normal occurrences. However, there are solutions to keep the fires from worsening, explains a former BC Type 1 Wildland Firefighter.

Many northern British Columbians are isolated because the inter-city transportation infrastructure that was lost when Greyhound discontinued its BC routes has not been fully replaced. The BC government is trying to fill the gaps with new private providers—but is this too narrow of an approach?