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What changes are being made after fatal B.C. logging road bus crash
June 26, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESSVICTORIA – A report into a bus crash that killed two University of Victoria students says travel should be restricted to daylight hours on a narrow logging road that it wants improved by the provincial government. The report makes 43…
Research on earthquakes, tsunamis and climate change to benefit from federal investment of $46.6 million to Ocean Networks Canada
January 10, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe federal government has provided a five-year $46.6 million investment to the University of Victoria’s (UVic) Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) to support its continued research and development. ONC pioneers ocean observatories that stream live data 24/7 to researchers across Canada…
ICLR to host webinar on Great Cascadia megathrust earthquakes
January 3, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be hosting a webinar on “Great Cascadia megathrust earthquakes” on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. EST. The workshop, titled “Great Cascadia megathrust earthquakes: Past, present, and future,” will…
ICLR webinar to focus on challenges in understanding and projecting precipitation extremes
September 26, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be holding a webinar workshop on the challenges in understanding and projecting precipitation extremes. The webinar, part of the ICLR’s Friday Forum series, will be held on Friday, Oct. 14 from 10…