Ottawa matching Red Cross wildfire relief donations, Sask. gov’t chips in $15M
Canada’s federal government says it will match every dollar donated to the Canadian Red Cross 2025 Saskatchewan Wildfires Appeal.
The Government of Saskatchewan, meanwhile, is providing $15 million to the Red Cross “to work with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency to support wildfire evacuees.”
Donations will be matched for 30 days, retroactive to the start of the appeal on May 30. The provincial government said the funds raised by the Red Cross will be used to assist residents impacted by the wildfires raging in Saskatchewan, including the many people who have been forced to leave their homes.
“Thousands of Saskatchewanians have been displaced as wildfires continue to threaten communities across the province,” the Government of Saskatchewan said in a statement.