Flood Prevention

• Some Montreal residents becoming increasingly frustrated over repeated flooding

  Flood waters after a storm Thursday that blanketed Montreal may have long receded, but hundreds of residents in multiple neighbourhoods are still dealing with the aftermath.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2023
  
• Lumby, B.C. area residents disappointed by lack of flood prevention help

  Flooding in the Whitevale Rd. area has become a regular problem. However, residents say their attempts to get government officials to help with flood prevention have been ignored.

  Environment

  May 19, 2023
  
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• Vernon completes floodplain maps, considers development regulation

  A key part of the new rules would likely be regulation of "flood construction level," which is how high above sea level new buildings need to be built.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2022
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro wants City of Montreal to take concrete action to prevent flooding

  Officials say the lack of investment in flood mitigation measures in Pierrefonds-Roxboro means the community is constantly reacting to emergency situations.

  Canada

  Mar 15, 2022
• Washington officials mull plan to create flood corridor clearing path to Abbotsford, B.C.

  The plan would involve "voluntary acquisitions" of properties in the Washington flood zone and creation of "floodway flow corridors" that would clear the path to Sumas Prairie. 

  Politics

  Jan 27, 2022
• Years of warnings about poor flood plans ignored prior to B.C. floods, says consulting firm

  A Vancouver-based flood management consulting firm says years of warnings about the risks of floods and ailing dikes have been "largely ignored" in B.C.

  Weather

  Nov 23, 2021
• Review of Okanagan water management needed to prevent flooding: water board

  "The way the dams were put in and the way that they are operated was designed for a climate regime that we are no longer experiencing."

  Environment

  Mar 4, 2021
• Wilkinson campaigns in South Okanagan, pledges money for rural internet and flood protection

  The B.C. election ramped up in the South Okanagan this weekend with visits from two party leaders in two days.

  Oct 18, 2020
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• Report highlights plans to avoid repeat flooding in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

  The flooding in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac occurred the evening of April 27, 2019, when a dike gave way during a period of exceptional spring flooding.

  Environment

  May 1, 2020
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• Montreal launches spring flood prevention campaign amid coronavirus pandemic

  The City of Montreal is launching a flood prevention campaign on Tuesday as warmer weather sets in.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2020