Attendees enjoy their meals at the community appreciation dinner held to show thanks for volunteers who helped evacuees during last summer’s wildfires, at the Burns Lake Band Gathering Place on Oct. 20. Janice Babych (left) stands beside Mike Robertson, senior policy advisor for the Cheslatta Carrier Nation as he sings “Southside you’re on my mind”. Also Burns Lake Village councillor Charlie Rensby (left) and local volunteer Shelley Wall, raffle off door prizes. (Blair McBride photos)