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Premier visits B.C. wildfires, promises $100M in relief funding for evacuees.
'B.C. Premier Christy Clark and premier-designate John Horgan arrived in Kamloops, B.C. Sunday
to meet with some of the people evacuated from their homes in the province's Interior as a result of
wildfires.
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Clark announced a $100 million relief fund that will provide affected "communities and residents the
resources needed to rebuild."
The fund will be managed by the Red Cross and provide emergency funds of $600 per individual to
evacuees who have lost property. Those seeking relief funds must first register with the Red Cross,
officials said.
Roughly 9,500 people have been pushed out of their homes since Friday. Clark spoke to some of those
people in Kamloops, acknowledging the long road ahead .
"We're doing our best, we're doing our best," said Clark to one evacuee outside an emergency centre
set up at Thompson Rivers University. "We've got everything out there we possibly can."
Relief funds available
Todd Stone, who is serving as minister responsible for Emergency Management B.C. in the caretaker
government said the relief money won't make up for the fact that some people lost their homes, 'but it
will certainly help in the immediate term.
Evacuees who wish to apply for relief need not have home insurance, officials said.
Applications can be made emergency stations in Kamloops, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake or Prince
George -or electronically, with the funds distributed via E-Transfer.
'...More firefighters on the way.
Clark said 360 firefighters from across Canada would be joining the effort in the coming days, and the
federal government has approved the B.C. government's request for help.
"As these fires rage, we are making decisions on the fly every day, and changing those decisions
sometimes in terms of priorities every day," said Clark.
"We just all are praying and hoping that the weather works in favour, that the wind is blowing in the right
direction."...'
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Premier visits B.C. wildfires, promises $100M in relief funding for evacuees.
'B.C. Premier Christy Clark and premier-designate John Horgan arrived in Kamloops, B.C. Sunday
to meet with some of the people evacuated from their homes in the province's Interior as a result of
wildfires.
Clark announced a $100 million relief fund that will provide affected "communities and residents the
resources needed to rebuild."
The fund will be managed by the Red Cross and provide emergency funds of $600 per individual to
evacuees who have lost property. Those seeking relief funds must first register with the Red Cross,
officials said.
Roughly 9,500 people have been pushed out of their homes since Friday. Clark spoke to some of those
people in Kamloops, acknowledging the long road ahead .
"We're doing our best, we're doing our best," said Clark to one evacuee outside an emergency centre
set up at Thompson Rivers University. "We've got everything out there we possibly can."
Relief funds available
Todd Stone, who is serving as minister responsible for Emergency Management B.C. in the caretaker
government said the relief money won't make up for the fact that some people lost their homes, 'but it
will certainly help in the immediate term.
Evacuees who wish to apply for relief need not have home insurance, officials said.
Applications can be made emergency stations in Kamloops, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake or Prince
George -or electronically, with the funds distributed via E-Transfer.
'...More firefighters on the way.
Clark said 360 firefighters from across Canada would be joining the effort in the coming days, and the
federal government has approved the B.C. government's request for help.
"As these fires rage, we are making decisions on the fly every day, and changing those decisions
sometimes in terms of priorities every day," said Clark.
"We just all are praying and hoping that the weather works in favour, that the wind is blowing in the right
direction."...'
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