Mushroom Pickers

• First Nation sets up checkpoint in B.C. Interior amid surge in mushroom pickers

  Mushroom pickers have flocked to the area, which was devastated by the 2023 Bush Creek East wildfire, in search of morel mushrooms which grow in wildfire burn areas.

  Politics

  Jun 4
  
• Bodies of Lil’wat Nation mushroom pickers found in B.C., ending search

  Police said 48-year-old Peter Oleski and 21-year-old River Leo's bodies were found Thursday afternoon.

  Oct 30, 2020
  
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• Search for missing father-and-son mushroom pickers to resume near Pemberton, B.C.

  In an update from the Líĺwat Nation, search crews from across the province decided to take an 'operational pause' for three days, due to weather.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2020
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• Missing mushroom pickers found in northern Saskatchewan

  Two missing mushroom pickers in northern Saskatchewan found alive and well by searchers.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2016
• Missing Terrace mushroom picker found dead

  The search for one man who went missing more than two weeks ago has ended in tragedy.

  Oct 9, 2013