A B.C. mayor is calling on municipalities across the province to donate any spare firefighting equipment they have to help out firefighters in Odessa, Ukraine.
Al Siebring, mayor of North Cowichan on Vancouver Island, said he received a phone call from his friend Ken Charko, a Ukrainian who lives in Vancouver but returned to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa to help out as best he can as Odessa faces increased bombing from Russian forces, asking for assistance.
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