Mar 25, 2024 – Brandon Tucker/Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News The government wants to help ensure that Pitt Meadows residents are properly prepared for a possible emergency with the help of a recent injection of nearly $20,000 in provincial funding toward …
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B.C. unveils $39M for climate emergencies, new flood plan
Mar 21, 2024 – David P. Ball/CBC News British Columbia’s emergency management minister has announced $39 million in new funding for more than 50 new projects responding to more frequent climate-related emergencies across the province. On Thursday, the province also …
B.C. residents asked to prepare for a “challenging” wildfire season
Mar 18, 2024 – Wolf Depner/Victoria News British Columbians are asked to prepare for an early start of the 2024 wildfire season, with new fires joining some 90 hold-over fires — also known as Zombie fires — from last year. …
‘Times are changing’: B.C. minister addresses online criticism over bringing baby to legislature
Feb 28, 2024 – Shannon Paterson/CTV News Vancouver When Bowinn Ma, B.C.’s minister of emergency management and climate readiness, posted a photo of her three-month-old daughter Azalea in a makeshift nursery in her legislature office, most people were supportive of …
Minister defends fire-related travel ban that cost Okanagan communities millions
Feb 23, 2024 – Klaudia Van Emmerik/Global News Bowinn Ma is defending her ministry’s decision to issue a regional travel ban last August due to the McDougall Creek wildfire that erupted in West Kelowna, B.C. “I want to emphasize that …
B.C. MLA fires back at sexist post about working mothers
Feb 20, 2024 – Sonia Aslam and Hana Mae Nassar/CityNews Vancouver A B.C. cabinet minister is pushing back against outdated and sexist thinking, after someone on social media made a comment about her new baby. Emergency Management and Climate Readiness …
Indigenous youth have ‘nowhere to go’ if North Vancouver treatment centre closes
Feb 17, 2024 – Lori Culbert/Vancouver Sun An adolescent treatment centre in North Vancouver has saved the lives of Indigenous youth from four Central Coast communities, and its closing will leave teenagers in the remote communities with “nowhere to go,” …
Flood watch remains in effect for Fraser Valley
Jan 29, 2024 – Dillon White/Chilliwack Progress A flood watch advisory remains in effect on Monday (Jan. 29) for the Fraser Valley and the Sumas River. The B.C. River Forecast Centre upgraded the advisory for the Sumas River to a …
Residents voice concerns, support for Keith Road supportive housing
Nov 22, 2023 – Nick Laba/North Shore News Emotions were high and opinions were many at a public hearing for proposed supportive housing on Keith Road in North Vancouver District. On Tuesday evening, council chambers were packed with community members …
North Vancouver MLA Bowinn Ma welcomes newborn daughter
Nov 17, 2023 – Jane Seyd/North Shore News If her entrance into the world is any indication, baby Azalea may have inherited a dose of her cabinet minister mother’s approach to getting things done. Azalea, the newborn daughter of North …