The Alberta government has set aside $175 million for wildfire disaster recovery after spring and early summer blazes tore through some communities and forced 38,000 people from their homes.
Municipalities and Métis settlements will be eligible to apply for provincial funding to help offset some of the unanticipated costs of responding to wildfires and repairing some damage.
“Alberta municipalities and Métis settlements have had to manage extraordinary costs and pressures to help keep residents’ homes and businesses safe,” Public Safety and Emergency Services Minister Mike Ellis said at a news conference Tuesday in Drayton Valley, 140 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. “We’re here to help
