Governments providing $228M to help B.C. farmers recover after floods

Farmers and ranchers whose land was submerged or swept away by devastating floods in B.C. last fall will receive a combined $228 million from the federal and provincial governments to help with recovery, officials announced Monday.

B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham billed the program Monday as the largest recovery program of its kind in provincial history.

“We have been working shoulder to shoulder, governments and farmers, to assess the damage and get farmers the support they need to get back on their feet,” Popham said during a news conference.

“We are looking at the serious cases in front of us and making sure those cheques