This summer, labourers on British Columbia’s farms have been working under crushing heat and suffocating smoke. These workers, who keep the province’s domestic food industry alive, have been hard hit…

This summer, labourers on British Columbia’s farms have been working under crushing heat and suffocating smoke. These workers, who keep the province’s domestic food industry alive, have been hard hit by the backlash of the wildfires. Many of them, including a large number from Latin America, had to be evacuated and lost their jobs overnight. On September 7, the BC Wildfire Service reported…

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