Flood Mapping

• Flood preparation investments made into B.C. communities by province, Canada

  B.C.'s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness and Ministry of Forests is investing $8.69 million for flood-hazard mapping by March 2024.

  Environment

  Apr 21, 2023
  
• Dealing with ‘erasure’: The role of Indigenous knowledge in drawing maps of Canada

  For centuries, Indigenous communities have had their traditional knowledge and cultural traditions overlooked, if not erased. But that is starting to change.

  Environment

  Dec 14, 2022
  
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• Updated flood mapping coming to 20 ‘high-risk’ Sask. communities

  The provincial and federal governments are contributing a combined $1 million to create updated flood mapping for Regina, Saskatoon, Prince Albert and other communities.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2019
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• Canadian cities wary of identifying flood-prone areas due to political fallout, documents show

  The stance has mystified insurance industry representatives who have been pushing to use new mapping tools to identify risk areas and make that information public.

  Canada

  May 9, 2017