Three years later, Lytton still rebuilding after devastating wildfire

Signs of life in Lytton nearly three years after disaster. I walk around the property and I just imagine what I had here. It's a mixed, it's very much a mixed emotion. This Sunday marks the 3rd anniversary since flames tore through the village, claiming 2 lives and levelling 7 blocks of history. You're standing on my property, 522 Fraser St. Mayor Denise O'Connor, one of many who lost everything. She's made it her and council's mission to push progress forward. In this last year, we issued 13 residential and two commercial building permits, and there are many more in progress. We restored municipal water and sewer infrastructure. We are in a much better place than we were last year, but we still have a long way to go. One of the biggest challenges? Soaring costs for archaeological work required to rebuild. After the discovery of First Nations artefacts and remains, the quote that I received from my property was $45,000. It's not that any of us are against the archaeology. We recognize that this has been an inhabited place by First Nations, by indigenous peoples for thousands and thousands of years. Along with access to federal funding, it's money that's reimbursed after after the house is finished being built. The people in Litton that lost their homes do not have savings in their bank. Despite the hurdles ahead, the village is optimistic Litton is not gone, inviting visitors to stop in. It's really good to see that there's actual buildings going back up and people are coming back and people didn't leave, which is kind of nice to see. I'm coming back and seeing the rebuild. You can see the community. So that's that's pretty cool. This Sunday, June 30, the village is inviting people to come out to acknowledge all of the fire departments, the volunteers, organizations and individuals who really supported the village in its time of need. In Layton Cassidy Moscone Global News.