Rev. Douglas Stanley of St. Michael’s Cathedral in Kelowna, B.C., has been living happily with his wife, Daphne, in the city’s Mission neighbourhood for nearly 30 years.
“Everything is green and vibrant, and there’s so much beauty up here,” Douglas said.
“I don’t think we ever want to go away in the summer,” said Daphne.
However, their relaxed life in the Central Okanagan hasn’t been without its interruptions. They still remember the trauma caused by a wildfire that destroyed their home and other homes around it in the summer of 2003.
“Every home of eight or nine [homes] in the cul-de-sac was burned to the ground,
