Only a handful of people have returned to Lytton, B.C., after the community was reduced to ash by a catastrophic fire three years ago on June 30, 2021. That's despite more than $239 million in provincial and federal recovery funding committed to help rebuild. A lot of people, including B.C.'s auditor general, are asking; Why?Lytton, B.C., is seen from above in June, three years after a fire reduced most buildings in the community to ash.
On top of that, the Insurance Bureau of Canada estimates the Lytton fire cause more than $102 million in insured damage in 2022. Plus Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway committed more than $1 million to help with the rebuild.On adjacent and nearby reserve lands — where close to triple the village population live — about 36 temporary trailers were set up to temporarily house about 50 people.
She was told millions were spent removing debris and sifting soil for archaeological artifacts. She says she refused to let them sift her lot, and refused a government offer of $80,000 to buy her land.For James, at almost 80, the wait to return home has taken a toll. She's moving to a senior's residence in Chilliwack. B.C.Lytton's Mayor Denise O'Connor says it's heartbreaking to lose any community members.
In 2023 The Village of Lytton payed out more than $12 million for excavation and debris cleanup to Matcon Environmental Ltd., $1.6 million to AEW for archeological work and more than $1 million to Teranis Consulting Ltd., which specializes in providing First Nations with environmental consulting services related to contaminated land investigation and remediation. Collier's Project Leaders were paid more than $300,000 that year to help oversee recovery.
He says early maps showed how buildings were constructed on burial grounds. After the fire artifacts began to show up, after soil was hauled away. Building permits also take time, given updates to the provincial building code that went into effect this spring.
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