Mar 23, 2023 – Casey Richardson/Castanet The Town of Princeton unveiled projects on Wednesday that will aid emergency services within the community, acknowledging that the upgrades are built to help face the consequences of climate change. The Similkameen has been …
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Homes open soon for seniors displaced by flooding in Princeton
Mar 22, 2023 – BC Government News Twenty new temporary homes will open soon for seniors displaced by 2021 flooding, supported by the Province through BC Housing, the Town of Princeton, and the Princeton and District Community Services Society (PDCSS). …
Province drops ‘substantial’ infrastructure cash on North Shore municipalities
Mar 03, 2022 – Brent Richter/North Shore News The North Shore’s three local governments are getting just shy of $30 million in (almost) no-strings-attached cash from the province to spend on local infrastructure. Premier David Eby and Municipal Affairs Minister …
Haida Gwaii firefighters will be safer with a portion of $6.3 million for PPE
Feb 28, 2023 – K-J Millar/Haida Gwaii Observer Firefighters on Haida Gwaii will be kept safer with their share of $6.3 million being allocated for equipment and training to bolster emergency response in the community, the Ministry of Emergency Management …
Community emergency response enhanced by Indigenous cultural safety
Feb 16, 2023 – BC Government News Twelve First Nations and local governments throughout B.C. will receive funding to improve Indigenous cultural safety and cultural humility in local emergency management. More than $562,000 from the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF) …
Heavy urban search-and-rescue team from B.C. ‘self-deploys’ to earthquake region
Feb 08, 2023 – Wolf Depner/Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News At least one heavy urban search-and-rescue (HUSAR) team based in B.C. has left to help earthquake victims in the Middle East. “I understand that Burnaby HUSAR…has self-deployed,” Bowinn Ma, Minister of …
Communities benefit from disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation funding
Feb 03, 2023 – BC Government News Forty-nine First Nations and local governments throughout B.C. will receive provincial funding to help reduce risks from future disasters related to natural hazards and climate change. A total of $23.4 million from the …
Large-scale emergency exercise simulates Lower Mainland earthquake
Feb 03, 2023 – BC Government News Large-scale emergency exercise simulates Lower Mainland earthquake The Province and Public Safety Canada are kicking off a large-scale emergency preparedness training exercise in British Columbia with a simulated alert sent to Exercise Coastal …
Earthquake safety strengthened in B.C. with new early warning sensors
Jan 26, 2023 – BC Government News Across Canada, natural disasters like floods, landslides, wildfires and earthquakes are affecting the lives and livelihoods of thousands of Canadians. Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, along with Bowinn …
Avalanche risk: Exercise extreme caution in backcountry
Jan 24, 2023 – BC Government News The Province is urging people to be prepared and extremely cautious in the backcountry, with continued high and considerable avalanche risk forecast in many areas of B.C. “Being caught in an avalanche is …