FLOOD
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Justin Trudeau to visit B.C.’s flood-damaged Fraser Valley as more storms approach
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will arrive in British Columbia on Friday for his first visit since record-breaking rainfall caused widespread flooding…
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Flood management in B.C. is left up to municipalities. Should it be?
Year after year, reports have been issued and warnings given that B.C.'s flood management system was haphazard and in need…
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B.C. disaster drives home need for flood-resistant infrastructure across Canada, climate experts say
Climate specialists say a major overhaul of infrastructure in communities across Canada is needed to make homes, buildings, roads and rail…
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Flood-causing beavers must be ‘eradicated,’ says mayor
They might be a beloved Canadian symbol, but beavers are being anything but patriotic in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Que. Windsor photographer snaps…
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Markham to transform industrial area into green space to prevent flood damage
Markham is poised to restore an industrial area to its natural state in a project aimed at mitigating flood damage. The…
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‘It’s a problem for society’: Climate change is making some homes uninsurable
It’s easy to see the flood risk of homes perched along the shores of the Ottawa River or the Red River. Everyone…
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Flooding farms in order to flood-proof cities: The tricky balance of controlling the Red River
Matt Ness’s farm near the Red River in rural Minnesota has never flooded since his family started farming there in…
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Sainte-Marthe is built on a lake bed. How did that happen?
Like many of the suburbs that dot Montreal’s North Shore, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac was home only to summer cottages not so long…
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Toronto under ‘shoreline hazard warning’ as Lake Ontario water levels rise
Toronto is under a “shoreline hazard warning” as water levels in Lake Ontario approach those last seen in 2017, when…
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New Brunswick ‘turning a corner’ on flooding as St. John River recedes
Before the week is over, water levels throughout the St. John River system should recede to near or below flood…
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New Brunswick may take firmer approach on flood relief, Higgs says
The New Brunswick government may have to take an even firmer approach to encouraging people to relocate their homes outside…
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Ottawa announces $150M for flood mitigation across GTA
The Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Philippe Champagne made the announcement Tuesday alongside Toronto MP Marco Mendicino, who is also his parliamentary…
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Federal government to make announcement about flood mitigation in GTA
The federal government is set to make an announcement Tuesday morning in relation to flood mitigation in Toronto and York…
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200 Bolton, Ont., residents displaced by flooding return home as waters recede
Most of the Bolton, Ont., residents forced from their homes when flood waters crested the Humber River have returned to…
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