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More than $206 million has been spent on wildfire suppression since April 1. The allocated budget is $136 million, however, the province has set aside an additional $1 billion to ensure extra resources can be provided.
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“The B.C. government will always spend whatever is necessary to protect people and property. When actual costs exceed the direct fire budget allocation, the B.C. Wildfire Service has statutory authorization to spend additional funds,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Forests.
by Kyra Hoggan on Tuesday Jul 27 2021
People who have long followed
The Source likely already know that I am often frustrated, or even downright angry, at how the Interior Health Authority deals with Castlegar.
Not this time.
As Castlegar sees a resurgence of COVID-positive cases,with IHA representing 95 of the 150 new cases province-wide overnight July 26, to 27, I called as a patient to ask how to make an appointment to be tested, and was told testing was only available in Trail and Nelson. I thought this was wildly unreasonable, especially given that some residents only community-to-community transportation option is public transit (which would be reckless in the extreme), and I contacted IHA to complain (some might say bitterly) about the situation.
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