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Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award
Nominations are now open for the 2026 to 2027 Emergency Management Exemplary Service Award Across British Columbia, emergency management practitioners, volunteers and community leaders help keep people safe, build resilience and protect what we value. Through all four phases of emergency management – mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery – their efforts touch all of us.…
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From disaster to community empowerment – how Grand Forks came together to rebuild
After a week of high temperatures and three days of continuous rainfall, on May 10, 2018, the Kettle and Granby rivers exceeded a one-in-200-year flood level. Conditions were made worse by rapid melting of a snowpack that was almost two and a half times the average for early May. As a result, thousands of people…
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Insurance: Why it matters
Whether you rent or own, insurance is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your loved ones in the event of an emergency. Having insurance in place can protect you from having to pay full replacements costs in the event your home, appliances, furniture and valuables are destroyed from fire, flooding, earthquake or…
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