Small Businesses In B.C. To Receive Relief For Losses In Wildfires

Nov 29, 2017 | 2:37 PM

VICTORIA – The British Columbia government says it is offering eligible small businesses increased relief funds up to a maximum of $18,500 for losses following this summer’s wildfire season.

Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says the province is partnering with the Canadian Red Cross to provide the money to small businesses as partial compensation for uninsured losses, insurance deductibles, minor repairs and cleanups.

Donaldson says funding is also available to not-for-profit organizations and Indigenous communities.

Finance Minister Carole James pegged the most recent government estimate of last summer’s wildfire damage costs at almost $660 million.