Published: September 12, 2011 12:59 p.m.
Last modified: September 12, 2011 1:08 p.m.
Slave Lake in northern Alberta will honor a helicopter pilot who was killed while fighting the wildfires that whipped through the town in May.
Jean-Luc Deba of Montreal was at the controls of a Bell 212 chopper when it crashed into Lesser Slave Lake.
Rescuers reached the scene quickly, but couldn't save the 54-year-old pilot, who was trapped in the wreckage about 30 metres off shore.
Slave Lake Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee confirms that town council has voted to pay tribute to Deba by making him an honorary citizen.
She says on her blog that the fire-ravaged town has remained in touch with his family and will be forever grateful for his sacrifice.
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