Climate Disaster
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B.C. disaster response outdated, inaccessible for evacuees: OmbudspersonThe ombudsperson says the process does not take into account the distinct needs of Indigenous evacuees, elderly people or those with physical and cognitive disabilities.PoliticsOct 3, 2023
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Women on the rise at First Nations emergency preparedness boot campIndigenous and non-Indigenous women are being trained as front line responders at this weeks First Nations Emergency Services Society boot camp.CanadaMar 9, 2023
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Catastrophe experts say retreat from flood risk is ‘critical option’Preventing damage in flooding requires a more costly community-level response, he said, whether that means property buyouts or expensive dyking systems.EnvironmentOct 9, 2022
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Ottawa can pay half the cost of saving N.S., N.B. land link from rising seas: LeBlancThe federal infrastructure minister says Ottawa will consider paying at least half the cost of protecting the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.EnvironmentMar 21, 2022
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As more military troops head to B.C., experts call for civilian disaster response solutionMilitary and security experts say civilian disaster response teams must be part of provincial government plans as climate disasters intensify.WeatherNov 17, 2021
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‘Never like this’: B.C. money expert describes planning for climate disaster as wildfires rageKerry K. Taylor has been helping Canadians with money for decades. Now she's confronting a new personal finance topic: how to limit the financial fallout from natural disasters.MoneyJul 22, 2021
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Moon ‘wobble’ effects on Canada’s coastal cities ‘right around the corner’: expertsThe moon "wobble", which represents the path of the moon orbiting the Earth, could increase and worsen high-tide flood events alongside climate change in Canada.CanadaJul 15, 2021
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Climate-fuelled disasters forcibly displace 20M people a year, Oxfam report saysOxfam's report, published Monday, said that climate disasters have become the number one driver of internal displacement in the last decade.EnvironmentDec 2, 2019
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