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PEI UPSE thanks Firefighters

PEIUPSE/NUPGE members fighting forest fires in Ontario.

P.E.I. firefighters battling wildfires in Northern Ontario

Charlottetown (22 August 2018) — The PEI Union of Public Sector Employees (PEIUPSE/NUPGE) thanks the brave firefighters who have been (or are still) deployed in Ontario this summer battling wildfires. 

Some of these fires are huge. The Parry Sound 33 fire covered over 11,000 hectares.

Karen Jackson, PEI UPSE President, congratulates the firefighters for joining the Ontario crews and lending a helping hand.