Flood damage on Shackan First Nation land. (Photo supplied by Keith Fransson Urban Systems Shackan First-Nation) By Amy Smart THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER- The idea of relocating his community isn’t one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia’s Nicola Valley thought he’d be considering when he was elected chief early last year. After wildfires torched the forests surrounding the band’s reserves and flooding swept away homes and the only highway access just months later, however, he said he now wants to see members living in a safer place. Lampreau was among the evacuees of both extreme weather events and said he knows it won’t be easy. “Even myself, I look at starting over, you know. I took a better part of my lifetime to build where

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