{"id":59170,"date":"2025-10-07T22:49:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=59170"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T01:49:33","slug":"n-s-announces-emergency-financial-support-for-lake-george-wildfire-evacuees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=59170","title":{"rendered":"N.S. announces emergency financial support for Lake George wildfire evacuees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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KINGS COUNTY:<\/strong> A new emergency financial support program will help residents who have been evacuated because of the Lake George wildfire in Kings County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applications open on Wednesday, October 8, the Minister of Emergency Management said on Oct. 7

\u201cThis has been an incredibly challenging wildfire season, and the last thing we wanted was to have Nova Scotians face another evacuation,\u201d said Kim Masland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe know evacuations are stressful. That\u2019s why we\u2019re providing financial support while residents are displaced from their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In keeping with the Long Lake wildfires in August, provincial support is available for Kings County residents displaced from their primary residence based on the number of days evacuated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– four to seven days \u2013 $500 per adult (18 and older); $200 per minor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– eight to 14 days \u2013 an additional $500 per adult (18 and older); an additional $200 per minor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– 15 or more days \u2013 an additional $250 per week per adult (18 and older); an additional $200 per minor.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The fire currently covers an estimated 250 hectares. (Province of Nova Scotia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Funding will be available until the evacuation order is lifted or until the end of the wildfire season October 31, whichever comes first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The maximum amount of support is $3,000 per adult and $1,750 per minor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

People who had to leave secondary homes such as cottages and camps do not qualify for funding.

As of October 7, 353 properties have been evacuated. Given current wildfire activity, it is not known when residents will be able to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– funding will be given to those with proof of residency within the evacuation zone area<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the program will help residents cover unexpected costs while they are displaced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the funding is in addition to services and emergency accommodations already provided through the Canadian Red Cross and the Municipality of the County of Kings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– other supports to fight the wildfires have been provided through partnerships with the federal government and other provinces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KINGS COUNTY: A new emergency financial support program will help residents who have been evacuated because of the Lake George wildfire in Kings County. Applications open on Wednesday, October 8, the Minister of Emergency Management said on Oct. 7 \u201cThis has been an incredibly challenging wildfire season, and the last thing we wanted was to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2610,3202,9399,9400,48,4046],"class_list":["post-59170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-kim-masland","tag-kings-county","tag-lake-george","tag-lake-george-wildfires","tag-n-s","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}