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Boardwalk trail at One Mile Lake in Pemberton, BC
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B.C. bridge vulnerable during heavy rain events, mayor says

March 18, 2024 Roisin Cullen, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Pique Newsmagazine – The Canadian Press

Pemberton’s recent heavy flooding highlights the challenges the area faces, according to Mayor Mike Richman.  The Village of Pemberton (VOP) declared a state of local emergency on Jan. 30 due to flooding, and many locals were displaced from their homes

Aerial view of homes flooded by record-breaking rainfall
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How clients can be motivated on climate action

March 5, 2024 by Jason Contant

Measures to help mitigate climate change are a known commodity, it’s just a matter of motivating the public, government and regulators to take action, speakers suggested Monday at an industry event. Climate change is irreversible, but its rate can be

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Regulator calls out Trans Mountain for ‘environmental non-compliance’ in B.C.

February 12, 2024 The Canadian Press

CALGARY – The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has been cited for environmental non-compliance related to its management of recent flooding in B.C. The Canada Energy Regulator said Thursday its inspection officers found issues near Abbotsford, B.C., where

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‘Atmospheric river’ could bring 300 millimetres of rain to parts of southern B.C.

January 26, 2024 The Canadian Press

Officials in B.C. are warning of heavy rainstorms for the South Coast region starting on Saturday.  Environment and Climate Change Canada says West Vancouver Island and the Coast Mountains could receive up to 300 millimetres of rain over five days,

Buildings are seen in floodwater following a major rain event in Halifax on Saturday, July 22, 2023. A long procession of intense thunderstorms have dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia, causing flash flooding, road washouts and power outages
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Months after request, Nova Scotia silent on possible buyout of flooded Halifax homes

January 24, 2024 Keith Doucette – The Canadian Press

HALIFAX – Frustration is building with a lack of a commitment from the Nova Scotia government to buy and demolish some of the Halifax area homes ravaged by massive flooding last July. Halifax Regional Council sent a letter on Oct.

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Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agency in 2024

December 15, 2023 Mia Rabson - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a recent interview. It is clear some kind of federal

Pooling water during heavy rain in Montreal in October.
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Climate change battering municipal finances across Canada

December 11, 2023 Thomas MacDonald - THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL – The hamlet of Gore, Que., had the foresight to start preparing for more intense annual flooding due to climate change a decade ago. That’s when the rural township 60 kilometres northwest of Montreal began quadrupling the size of

A mall parking lot after flooding in Halifax in July.
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After July floods took four lives, Nova Scotia plans flood plain mapping by 2026

November 17, 2023 Michael Tutton - THE CANADIAN PRESS

HALIFAX – A plan is now in place to create the kind of detailed flood plain maps that some of Nova Scotia’s emergency managers have said they lacked when torrential flooding occurred in July. Byron Rafuse, deputy minister of the

People stranded by high water due to flooding in B.C.
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B.C. disaster response outdated and inaccessible for evacuees: ombudsperson

October 4, 2023 Brieanna Charlebois - THE CANADIAN PRESS

VANCOUVER – Emergency support programs for disaster evacuees in British Columbia are outdated, under-resourced, inaccessible and poorly communicated, according to a report by the province’s ombudsperson. Ombudsperson Jay Chalke’s report on the government’s response to wildfires and severe flooding in

Flooded home in Nova Scotia
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Weather-related home repairs highest in Atlantic Canada: HomeStars survey

September 26, 2023 The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Homeowners in Atlantic Canada completed the highest number of emergency repairs due to weather-related events in the past year, according to HomeStars’ latest renovation report.   One-third of homeowners across Canada who renovated or repaired their properties in the

A gas station destroyed by the Bush Creek East wildfire in Squilax, B.C.
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B.C. to introduce new disaster management laws to address preparedness, mitigation

September 20, 2023 The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s emergency management minister said the province will be ready to introduce “in the coming weeks” new laws to govern responses to increasingly frequent natural disasters such as wildfires and flooding.   Bowinn Ma told a gathering at

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Lee update: Where the damage is likely to happen

September 14, 2023 by David Gambrill

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are bracing for flooding and high winds as Hurricane Lee approaches landfall in Atlantic Canada as a Category 1 storm. Currently showing wind speeds of 155 km/h, Lee is expected to become a strong tropical