FORT ST. JAMES – Indo-Canadian councillor and long time resident of BC interior town of Fort St. James celebrated his 35 years in the town his family first moved to when arriving from India
While celebrating the B.C. day with his family and friends, Dave Birdi, a councillor for the District of Fort St. James and brother of local activist and Dalit leader Jai Birdi, also celebrated the day he moved to the Fort on August 3, 35 years ago.
Birdi, along with his mother, brothers and sisters moved to the Fort to join his father, Lachman Birdi, who had already settled in Fort St. James and started working at the local sawmill in 1972.
“I am very proud to call the Fort as my chosen home,” Birdi, who was elected as a councillor in 2008, told the local community newspaper Caledonia Courier .
“The Fort is a great place to live, work, and raise a family,” said Birdi.
Birdi spent almost all of his years living right here in Fort St. James. After graduating from the Fort St. James Secondary School, Birdi moved to the Lower Mainland to further his education and came back to settle in the Fort.
Birdi spends time volunteering in sports, for the radio and television society, and with his wife, two daughters, and son.
