Pemberton resident Dean Matt’s anxiety has waxed and waned this week with the levels of the swollen Lillooet River on B.C.’s South Coast.
Matt, owner of a roofing company, said his property at the river’s edge had been under threat earlier this week.
But he and others received a reprieve Thursday when the Village of Pemberton rescinded evacuation alerts for several dozen properties whose residents had previously been told to be ready to leave on short notice.
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