The BC government has announced $1.75 million for the Tahltan Nation to help with housing following last summer’s devastating wildfires.
Just over one million dollars will go toward a housing project in Dease Lake while the remaining $700,000 will fund modular homes in Telegraph Creek.
Tahltan Chief Rick McClean says residents of both communities are still struggling to get back to where they were before the wildfires hit. McClean says much of the focus has been getting people home in temporary housing but he says the funding will help put residents in permanent homes.
Telegraph Creek was evacuated August 5th due to the 120,000-hectare Alkali Lake fire which claimed forty-four homes, 69 outbuildings, two commercial, and seven other structures.
Since the fires, many Tahltan Band members have not been able to return to their homes since their relocation to Dease Lake over 100 kilometres away.
