The 79-year-old was working on a tree planting job just two weeks before family say COVID-19 felled the tall, formidable forester. Krouzel's daughters believe he was infected May 2 or May 3 on a tree planting crew headed to a site near Burns Lake, B.C. His family says he wore a mask and was wary of COVID-19, but had chosen not to get vaccinated. (Submitted by family)Daughter Aida Krouzel, 32, estimates her father planted about 12 million trees throughout his life. "To me, he was nature — he was the smell of pine — the wind whispering through the trees," said Krouzel.

Source: CBC News June 02, 2021 12:56 UTC