United Way Halifax releases report detailing wildfire spending [Video]

The United Way of Halifax said it raised and distributed $1.5 million in funding following the 2023 wildfires in Nova Scotia.

The charity released the figures in a wildfire recovery report to its donors this week and say they are working on taking all lessons learned to improve the way they handle climate change disasters.

The United Way of Halifax’s director of social impact strategy, Sue LaPierre, says all money raised went to community support agencies who were helping people impacted by the wildfires in the Halifax area and in southwestern Nova Scotia.

“We always work with service providers in community, they know community best,” said LaPierre. “They understand the issues, they know the people and it’s often the service providers who community members are more familiar with and comfortable going to.”

The impacts of the 2023 wildfires are still being felt in communities like Tantallon, Hammonds Plains and in Barrington and Shelburne, especially by those who lost their homes …