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- Jason Halkett received a six-year sentence for arson, with credit for time served, leaving four years eight months remaining.
- Crown prosecutor Robyn Ermine sought a ten-year term.
- Counsel Evan Strelioff asked for three to three-and-a-half years, citing Halkett’s fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
- The fire, May 26 2025, merged with the Shoe fire, destroying dozens of structures.
- Victims reported fear, loss from closures, tourism decline, and loss of food, medicine and hunting areas.