Ottawa contributes $100 million to B.C. wildfire relief efforts, says premier
VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says the federal government is matching British Columbia’s $100-million fund to support ongoing wildfire relief programs.
Horgan says the $100 million federal contribution will help residents, businesses and communities in the Interior as they recover from last summer’s unprecedented wildfire season.
A provincial state of emergency was declared last July after a number of communities were evacuated and homes were destroyed.
The state of emergency was lifted in September but fires charred more than 11,700 hectares of forests, ranch lands and communities.