The first of nine fire trailers to be given to First Nation communities in BC – this one, “Phoenix”, going to the Siska community near Lytton, wiped out be fire in 2021 – was on display, along with the Write To Read project, in the House of Friendship at the Rotary International Convention in Calgary June 21 to 15, 2025. The exhibit was one of the first, among almost 250 exhibits, met at a main entrance to the House of Friendship for the 16,000 Rotarians and Rotaract members attending from 140 countries.
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| Past District 5040 Governor Shirley-Pat Gale (far left) and PDG Bob Blacker (centre), of Steveston Rotary, and Ron Malmas, of Terrace Skeena Valley Rotary (third left) and Siska Fire Chief Jason Phillips (third from right) with members of the Siska community. The ladies were wearing ribbon skirts by Shirley-Pat. | |