Food banks and soup kitchens are starting to see the impacts of a wildfire that has closed the only highway into Port Alberni, B.C., and other towns on the west side of Vancouver Island.
Highway 4 has been closed because of the Lake Cameron wildfire east of Port Alberni for a week already — and on Tuesday, the province’s transportation ministry warned the “vital” route may not open again until June 24, in 11 days.
“It’s sad to see because people come in and they definitely are noticing the drop-off in food,” Delano Lake, an employee at Port Alberni’s Bread of Life Centre soup kitchen, told CBC News on Tuesday.
“Some people tell
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