People in Campbell River and Strathcona Regional District areas A and D whose property suffered damage as a result of recent flooding may be eligible for financial assistance and should follow this link below to find out more.
The message below is from Emergency Management BC.
Province of B.C. Authorizes Disaster Financial Assistance
December 12, 2014
Major flooding on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland from December 8-12, 2014 has caused property and content damages. As a result of the damages sustained from this event, provincial Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) has been authorized for qualifying claimants, such as home owners, residential tenants, small business owners, farmers, charitable organizations and local government bodies, who were unable to obtain insurance to cover these disaster-related losses.
Disaster Financial Assistance has been authorized for:
Vancouver Island:
- Alberni Clayoquot Regional District
- Campbell River, City of
- Comox Valley Regional District (Areas A,B,C)
- Comox, Town of
- Courtenay, City of
- Cumberland, Village of
- Hupacasath First Nation
- Nanaimo Regional District (All Areas)
- Nanaimo, City of
- Parksville, City of
- Port Alberni, City of
- Powell River Regional District (Area B)
- Powell River, City of
- Qualicum Beach, Town of
- Snuneymuxw First Nation
- Strathcona Regional District (Areas A,D)
- Tsehaht First Nation
Eligibility and Application Page: http://www.embc.gov.bc.ca/em/dfa_claims/dfa.html