The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced funding for the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project in Calgary, Alberta. In June 2013, communities in…
The Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Rural Economic Development, announced funding for essential upgrades to water and wastewater management systems in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. For…
The Government of Alberta has approved new Alberta Community Resilience Program grants totalling $15 million for two high-priority projects in the City of Calgary. In…
The Government of New Brunswick has launched a Disaster Financial Assistance program to help individuals, small businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and municipalities who suffered property damage…
It doesn’t take much convincing to believe that flooding is a big problem in Canadian communities. The insurance industry has been sounding the alarm for…
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced an investment of $814,000 to support the Interlake Reserves Tribal Council in its efforts to reduce…
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Government Relations has released a Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment that provincial and local officials can use as an initial…
British Columbia’s Capital Regional District (CRD) has received $460,000 in federal and provincial grant funding through the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) for the decommissioning…
Yesterday, excavation commenced on a new river valley as part of the Port Lands Flood Protection project on Toronto’s waterfront. The project was designed to…
A research project examining how coastal communities can deal with the impacts of climate change will formally launch in the Town of Lincoln, Ontario this…
On Friday, more than $16.5 million in federal and provincial funding was announced to support work on 32 projects under the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP). Joyce…
Canada is soliciting proposals from independent experts to establish an arm’s-length, policy-oriented organization on clean growth and climate change. Announced by the Minister of Environment…
Colwood, B.C. has been selected along with seven other communities to participate in an Island-wide collaborative project to help communities understand how a changing climate…
Installation proceeds on a $95-million upgrade of Canada’s weather-forecasting infrastructure, with the completion of a new radar system in Blainville, Quebec. Improved prediction of weather-related…
Yesterday, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Dianne Saxe, released a report on climate action in Ontario, which provides evidence of the impacts a warming climate…
Stormwater drainage systems are our first line of defence against pluvial flooding. In recent years, many Canadian studies have pointed to the abysmal state of…
On August 8th, a thunderstorm produced 72 millimeters of rain over Toronto, with 51 millimeters falling in just one hour. The Insurance Bureau of Canada…
Recovery work continues for a Manitoba First Nation after catastrophic flooding in 2011. Canada, Manitoba, and Lake St. Martin First Nation have reached another milestone…
Guelph, Ontario-based insurance and investment co-operative, The Co-operators Group Limited, has announced that Comprehensive Water, which includes overland flood damage coverage, is now available to homeowners…
This week, Québec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, Isabelle Melançon, announced the provincial water strategy for 2018–2030 and its 2018–2023 action…
The people of the First Nations of Lake St. Martin, Little Saskatchewan, Dauphin River, and Pinaymootang are close to returning home after being displaced by severe…
Research from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation has calculated the lost time from work and the mental health impacts resulting from basement flooding. Of…
British Columbia has implemented a flood mitigation activity, commissioning work at five locations west of Chetwynd, replacing culverts with bridges in order to permit safe…
Ferrero Canada Ltd. has announced a donation of $100,000 to the City of Brantford to help restore the city’s waterfront trails that were damaged during the February ice-jam…