Province expands financial support for small businesses impacted by wildfires

CITYnews halifax \ By Mark Hodgins

The province has announced more small businesses are now eligible for financial funding to help cover the impacts of wildfire-related closures.

In a release, government says the Small Business Wildfire Relief Program is now available to businesses outside the mandatory evacuation zones that were closed for at least five days because of the fires.

Previously the one-time, $2,500 grant was only available to businesses within those evacuation zones.

The province says the original program was expected to cost around $1.5 million, and it expects this expansion will cost another $1 million on top of that.

You can find the application, along with more information, on the province’s website.