‘Each of our voices matter’: disaster survivors call for greater climate action in Ottawa advocacy push

If personal stories of loss ‘can’t resonate with political leaders, I really don't know what is going to,’ said the Sierra Club’s Conor Curtis.

Meghan Fandrich, left, and daughter Helen survived the 2021 Lytton, B.C. fire. They were in Ottawa with a doorknob salvaged from the remains of Fandrich's destroyed cafe, part of an exhibit of items retrieved from climate-related disasters.Photograph courtesy of Sierra Club

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

November 4, 2024

Three years after a wildfire destroyed much of Lytton, B.C., Meghan Fandrich’s daughter still refuses to have candles on her birthday cake due to fear of fire.

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