Overview

• Households forced from Conception Bay North for more than two weeks will receive an additional $500, with 1,769 payments issued to date covering 3,324 households.
• Monthly housing support offers $1,000 for uninsured, uninhabitable primary residences when staying with family or friends and $1,500 for temporary rentals with receipts, with reassessment after three months and NL Housing securing placements for those without options.
• Businesses will get one-time grants of $1,500 for 2–9 employees or $2,500 for 10–99, wage subsidies are extended to 42 weeks, and the Work Supports Program rises to $2,000 per person and now includes self‑employed workers, alongside a renewed job-creation program focused on forestry and community recovery.
• Thirty-five local fire departments engaged in suppression will receive $100,000 for wildland coveralls, and officials note fire equipment funding has increased to $8.4 million this fiscal year from $2.1 million in 2021.
• The Kingston wildfire remains out of control at roughly 10,095 hectares with more than 200 structures destroyed, the cause investigation continues, and two St. John’s lawyers are offering free legal help via wildfire[email protected].