Building infrastructure to reduce weather-related losses can benefit society for generations, but the problem of climate change is “so global and complex” that there will always be more work required, insurance company executives suggested Wednesday at a conference in Toronto.…
Winnipeg scaled back flood preparations on Friday after Manitoba officials moved to divert water around the city. The gates of the Red River floodway were lifted in anticipation of the river cresting in the city sometime on the weekend. City…
There are encouraging signs from government, municipalities and builders that resiliency needs to become part of building code conversations given that severe weather shows no signs of abating, suggested John Taylor, president and CEO of the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association…
While the risk of overland flooding in Manitoba has been slightly reduced since the provincial government’s outlook in late February, it still remains moderate to major across the province, the provincial infrastructure minister said on Friday. “The province’s Hydrologic Forecast…