BC Flood Relief

• B.C. flood victims eligible for support navigating recovery funding beginning Feb. 1

  Beginning Feb. 1, evacuees receiving Emergency Support Services since the Nov. 15 storms will be offered the expanded help through the Canadian Red Cross.

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  Jan 20, 2022
  
• United Way raises $2 million for B.C. flood victims, launches new Christmas appeal

  The $2 million has also helped deliver more than 70,000 menstrual products to severely-impacted communities, including Hope, Merritt and Agassiz. 

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  Dec 20, 2021
  
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• Canadian Armed Forces completes flood response work in B.C. communities

  There were 748 personnel and nine military aircraft assigned to help with the floods, which devastated southern B.C. on Nov. 14 and 15, 2021.

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  Dec 17, 2021
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• B.C. welcomes federal government’s ‘initial’ $5 billion in flood disaster relief

  Record amounts of rainfall last month caused widespread floods and slides in southern B.C. that crippled transportation routes and forced thousands to leave their homes.

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  Dec 14, 2021
• Only one evacuation order is left in B.C.’s flood-ravaged Sumas Prairie

  Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said he hopes to lift the final evacuation order in Sumas Prairie in the 'near future,' so the recovery phase of operations can begin.

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  Dec 8, 2021
• B.C. expands disaster financial assistance program after flooding, landslides

  Eligibility has been expanded to affected residents in the northwest, southwest, central and southeast regions as well as Vancouver Island.

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  Dec 5, 2021
• Volunteers join forces to help with B.C. flood relief

  As the province grapples with the aftermath of widespread, devastating flooding, there’s been an outpouring of support for those directly dealing with the damage.

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  Dec 4, 2021
• Ryan Reynolds donates to B.C. flood relief, invites others to do the same

  Vancouver-born actor Ryan Reynolds said in a Facebook post that he and his wife have donated to the Canadian Red Cross's campaign to help in the flood recovery.

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  Nov 26, 2021
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• Some residents can go home as evacuation orders rescinded for parts of Abbotsford, B.C.

  Crews have sealed a major dike breach to stop water flowing into the Sumas Prairie, and have opened floodgates at a critical pump station to divert water from the hard-hit region.

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  Nov 22, 2021