municipalities

Municipalities ask Ottawa for billions of dollars to protect themselves from climate change

The group representing more than 2,000 municipalities is asking for billions of dollars from the federal government to help cities and towns protect themselves from climate-related events as wildfires, floods, heat waves and droughts increase in intensity.A couple looks at the Mount Law wildfire, near Peachland and Glenrosa on the west side of Okanagan Lake, from the waterfront…

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B.C. municipalities prepare for another week of high temperatures a month after deadly heat dome

Some B.C. municipalities are changing their heat-wave management plans, including potentially keeping cooling centres open overnight, as unseasonably high temperatures hit Metro Vancouver once again this week.Water is handed out near an overdose prevention site in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Tuesday. Municipalities like the City of Vancouver are updating their heat response plans after criticism.…

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