A display of cultural heritage to end their deployment: South African … – CKPGToday.ca

PRINCE GEORGE — A sendoff filed with laughter, smiles, dance and songs for a contingent of 215 South African firefighters, who have been on the front lines of some of B.C.’s worst wildfires for weeks. This contingent arrived in Northern B.C. to help battle blazes in the Vanderhoof/Fort St. James (VanJam) fire zone in early September and are heading home after a long deployment. Some have been in…