Flood Zone

• Rising water: Quebec lender ending new mortgages in flood zones ‘just the beginning’

  Desjardins Group announced it would no longer offer new mortgages for properties in "0-20 year" flood zones because of what it called the rising impact of climate change.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2024
  
• Winkler, Man. pilot gets bird’s eye view of Red River flooding

  A pilot from Winkler, Man., has taken to the skies to see the extent of flood damage the Red River has wrought just across the Canada/U.S. border.

  Environment

  Apr 14, 2020
  
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• West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped scrambling to find new location

  Plans to expand a nursing school for children with developmental delays or autism are on hold, because the centre sits in a flood zone.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2019
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• Quebec issues moratorium forbidding construction in high-risk flood zones

  The Quebec government announced Monday it was forbidding new constructions in high-risk flood plains. 

  Environment

  Jun 17, 2019
• New maps would put hundreds of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac homes in flood plain

  While rebuilding efforts are underway in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, new flood zone maps proposed by the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) are making people nervous.

  Canada

  May 17, 2019
• Health and safety inspection teams head to flood-affected zones in New Brunswick

  New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization says the teams will inspect electrical systems and determine if repairs are needed.

  Environment

  May 3, 2019