$39 million set aside for disaster recovery from flooding, ice jam & wildfires

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2018 ice jam – $7.9 million

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Woodlands County and Mackenzie County will receive funding to recover from uninsurable flood damage resulting from ice jams.

2017 wildfires – $1.9 million

Cardston County, Municipal District of Acadia, Cypress County and Wheatland County qualified for funding as they are located outside of the Forest Protection Area and incurred damages exceeding $25 per capita. 

Shaye Anderson, Minister of Municipal Affairs, says the government is also focused on ensuring the communities are prepared for future disasters due to changing weather patterns.

“It’s really apparent that climate change has become a very big deal for us,” he said over the phone from Edmonton. “The frequency and speed, for example, from overland flooding or those wildfires, they come at us fast and hard. If we’re not working together and ready for it, there’s going to be come issues.”

(Lethbridge News Now)