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Friday, June 17, 2016 11:05 AM
Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) is now available to eligible British Columbians in the Peace River Regional District area, including Dawson Creek, Chetwynd, Fort St John, Hudson’s Hope, Pouce Coupe, Taylor, Tumbler Ridge and the First Nations communities of Saulteau and West Moberly who may have been impacted from the major flooding that occurred this past week.
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 4:32 PM
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Premier Christy Clark issued the following statement regarding the recently signed federal-provincial bilateral funding agreement:
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:30 AM
Construction to improve safety and the flow of traffic at two key intersections on the Nanaimo Parkway has now been completed.
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Friday, June 10, 2016 1:45 PM
Today marks the end of Exercise Coastal Response (https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/exercise-coastal-response-2016), the Government of British Columbia’s $1.2-million full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise to test the BC Earthquake Immediate Response Plan.
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 1:15 PM
A government review of BC Transit has made 28 recommendations that offer BC Transit and its partners an opportunity to support efficient and effective transit service in more than 130 communities outside Metro Vancouver.
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 12:15 PM
Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness Naomi Yamamoto, toured “ground zero” in Port Alberni to showcase Exercise Coastal Response, the Government of B.C.’s $1.2-million full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise which tests the BC Earthquake Immediate Response Plan and promotes interagency co-operation among both internal and external agencies that support emergency response.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016 12:30 PM
Minister of State for Emergency Preparedness Naomi Yamamoto met with national and international delegates in the Provincial Emergency Coordination Centre (PECC) at Emergency Management BC’s headquarters in Victoria to showcase Exercise Coastal Response.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 12:30 PM
To make the regional portion of Emergency Management BC’s $1.2-million earthquake exercise – taking place in Port Alberni from June 7-10, 2016 – as real as possible, the Province is relying on the time and donations of many businesses and volunteers to help deliver Exercise Coastal Response (https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/exercise-coastal-response-2016), B.C.’s first ever, full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise throughout the entire provincial landscape.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 11:00 AM
The Province has provided $50,000 to the Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of B.C. (COSCO) to support its conference this fall on healthy aging for seniors.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016 7:05 AM
Emergency Management BC launched an alert from the Provincial Emergency Notification System this morning as part of Exercise Coastal Response (https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/exercise-coastal-response-2016), the Province’s first full-scale earthquake exercise undertaken in B.C. The notification occurred shortly after the 7:45 a.m. commencement of the exercise.
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