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Tim Louis

Tim Louis is a long-time lawyer and community activist, and a former Vancouver City Councillor. 

Connecting the dots on the Fort McMurray catastrophe

My sincere condolences go to the tens of thousands of people so profoundly affected by the fires in and around Fort McMurray, Alberta. I do not ever recall such a large population evacuated due to...