Learn to live with wildfire smoke, British Columbians told

British Columbians are going to have to live with the health effects of huge forest fires for decades to come and need to be prepared to protect themselves individually and as communities.

“We are going to have to face this again and again and again,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said.

He said it means training and hiring more nurses and providing greater support to health workers as they work with affected people in communities.

And, he stressed, among those most affected by fires and the resulting evacuation alerts and orders are the elderly living in care homes.