#lytton

[vintagecamping]

Blissful back county camping.

Lytton, BC

1988

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Lytton Fire Class-Action Suit Against Railways Is Going Ahead | The Tyee

A BC Supreme Court justice ruled the evidence that a train sparked the devastating fire is sufficient for a trial.

Lytton residents will have their class-action lawsuit against Canada’s two major railway companies heard in the B.C. Supreme Court, thanks partly to new evidence of high brake temperatures on a train passing through the community shortly before the town burned. The news comes almost 4 1/2 years after a fire on June 30, 2021, levelled 90 per cent of the village’s buildings and killed two residents. In a decision issued Tuesday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Ward Branch agreed to certify a class-action lawsuit brought by residents against Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Fraser Canyon

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[panicinthestudio]

Burned to the Ground: the Canadian village incinerated by record temperatures, June 8, 2023

The small village of Lytton in British Columbia hit the global media when it smashed Canada's highest temperature ever recorded in June 2021, at 49.6 degrees centigrade. Two days later, the entire village had burned to the ground. In the ashes of their homes, this cohesive but diverse community which includes a majority of First Nations residents had to confront the realities of climate displacement by being relocated away from their ancestral lands. Through the stories of three main protagonists we find a community searching for answers while relying on a collective spirit to heal. The Guardian

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[kiseiakhun]

Hello friends. With the heatwave moving through western North America this past week, you might've heard news of the British Columbian town, Lytton, which broke the record for the highest ever reported temperatures in Canada for three days in a row.

That town is now on fire.

The linked article has some fundraisers verified by GoFundMe you can donate to, to help the survivors. I'll also link them down below for ease of access.

Help for the victims of the Lytton wildfire

Love for Lytton

Helping our friends in Lytton

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In 1985, the time traveling alien known as the Doctor (Doctor 6) and his companions arrived in England to find they were not the only ones time traveling. The Cybermen had stolen a time machine so they could destroy the Earth before Earth destroyed their planet in 1986. ("Attack of the Cybermen", Doctor Who, vlm 1, TV)

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“I can understand why they called them tombs.”

Attack of the Cybermen - season 22 - 1985

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BC Wildfire: How to help the Lytton Community on GoFundMe

Help those affected by the BC wildfire. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer relief to the individuals and their families.

So a small town in British Columbia literally burst into flames over the week due to the catastrophic heatwave that smothered the province.

The town of Lytton is gone. All of it. All of the houses, the supermarket, the police station, it's all gone. Residents had to flee in ten minutes with nothing. Over a hundred people are still unaccounted for. The fire is still out of control.

If you're able to donate to this small, largely-indigenous community, please do. If not, spreading the link is appreciated.