Flood Protection
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Feds provide Peterborough with $2.1M for $5.4M flood protection upgrades at Armour Road, Curtis CreekThe city says the upgrades will improve the waterway's health while helping reduce overland flooding, sanitary sewer back-ups and basement flooding in nearby areas.EnvironmentJan 13
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Flood-risk monitoring continues in Okanagan as nature becomes more ‘unpredictable’Higher snowpack levels combined with warm temperatures have City of Kelowna officials considering the potential for some flooding to occur into July of 2021.WeatherMar 31, 2021
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City of Peterborough, GreenUp offering cash back to residents who plant rain gardensThe City of Peterborough and GreenUp have partnered to offer up cash to city residents who plant a rain garden on their property.EnvironmentJun 4, 2020
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Canada’s flood costs may triple by 2030 if protections aren’t improved: reportBy 2050, the annual cost could exceed US$14 billion and affect 431,000 people, the Aqueduct Floods project of the Washington-based global think tank World Resources Institute found.CanadaApr 23, 2020
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Manitoba premier to talk pipelines, flood protection and more with prime ministerManitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he hopes to discuss pipelines, flood protection and other issues during a one-hour meeting Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.PoliticsNov 6, 2019
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Flood preparation: Sand, sandbags available in North Okanagan from regional districtSand and sandbags being provided strictly for flood protection purposes.EnvironmentApr 3, 2019
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Residents in south Okanagan and surrounding area told not to remove flood protection measuresEmergency officials with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) are urging the public to keep flood protection installations in place.NewsMay 22, 2018
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Sandbags pre-positioned in Boundary Country for flood threatened residentsNinety thousand. That’s the number of bags that have been put out in various locations within the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary. While supplying the sandbags, the district days says it’s the responsibility of homeowners to build the temporary dikes to protect their properties from potential flooding. There are volunteer groups in Grand Forks which...Apr 27, 2018
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Flood threat critical at Penticton area housing development"The wall is holding but the water level is quickly approaching the spillover point on parts of the structure."Jun 2, 2017
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Okanagan Lake level almost at record highOkanagan Lake has gone up three centimetres over the last 24 hours and as of Thursday morning sits at the 342.98 metre mark.NewsMay 25, 2017
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