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Friday, April 7, 2017 12:37 PM
British Columbia has been a leader in safe, responsible natural gas development for more than 50 years and has instituted stringent safety procedures for natural gas development. With some of the most modern regulations in Canada, B.C. is one of the most up-to-date regulators in the world for shale gas development.
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Friday, April 7, 2017 12:30 PM
There are multiple energy projects looking to build pipelines so petroleum and natural gas resources can be reach B.C.'s west coast for shipment.
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 10:45 AM
The provincial government is committed to leading and supporting actions to end violence against Indigenous women and girls.
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Monday, March 6, 2017 9:37 AM
Every community in British Columbia benefits when our rural communities are strong.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2017 4:14 PM
In the 1970s a number of events occurred at the same time which led to B.C. becoming a significant supplier of softwood lumber to the U.S.
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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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