The Penticton Chamber of Commerce urged the B.C. government in a letter this week to be more “transparent” during wildfire season after the province issued a travel advisory last August that preceded the cancellation of several events and millions lost in tourism dollars.
Bowinn Ma, the province’s Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness, was put on notice in the letter for helping order a travel advisory based on “incomplete data,” which restricted non-essential trips to the communities of Kelowna, Kamloops, Oliver, Osoyoos, Penticton and Vernon.