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Wednesday, September 21, 2016 9:30 AM
VICTORIA - Our government remains committed to addressing the affordability and liveability challenges faced by British Columbian families.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:00 PM
As the B.C. consultations for the National Housing Strategy get underway in Vancouver and in Victoria, we are encouraging your government to work with the Province of B.C. on strengthening and growing the middle class by partnering with us to address critical housing issues.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:45 PM
Presently in British Columbia, there are no hydraulic fracturing activities occurring anywhere near hydroelectric dams, contrary to the impression left by a recent report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016 2:29 PM
British Columbia is developing project development agreements with proponents, working with First Nations to strengthen environmental stewardship, and partnering with trades associations to increase skills training – proactive measures to put us in the best possible position to have a competitive new liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry in the province.
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016 10:26 AM
British Columbia has over 55 million hectares of forests on Crown land, of which about 25 million hectares are considered old growth.
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Monday, June 6, 2016 12:21 PM
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is on the verge of Exercise Coastal Response (https://news.gov.bc.ca/stories/exercise-coastal-response-2016), a culmination of the dedicated work of hundreds of Emergency Management BC employees and public safety partners across the province. This is the province’s first full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise, and the labour and planning involved in preparing for it over the past 10 months has been extraordinary.
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Monday, June 6, 2016 12:15 PM
We know the area of land and coastline that now makes up British Columbia has experienced many major earthquakes and tsunamis in the past, and history has taught us that it is only a matter of time until the next “Big One” strikes. This is not speculation – a major earthquake is coming to the west coast. We as individuals, families, communities and as a province must do everything possible to better prepare for this eventuality. We are all in this together.
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Monday, June 6, 2016 11:54 AM
The BC Government has a number of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) and partnerships in place to support response and recovery efforts during disasters.
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Monday, June 6, 2016 11:50 AM
Magnitude is a measure of the amount of energy released during an earthquake. It is frequently described using the Richter scale. To calculate magnitude, the amplitude of waves on a seismogram is measured, correcting for the distance between the recording instrument and the earthquake epicentre. Since magnitude is representative of the earthquake itself, there is only one magnitude per earthquake.
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Monday, June 6, 2016 11:49 AM
The B.C. Earthquake Immediate Response Plan (IRP) is the first component of a comprehensive provincial plan for earthquake response, and it sets the conditions for the subsequent planning efforts: sustained response and recovery.
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