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Halifax

Natural disasters, real estate market shape HRM property assessments

HALIFAX, N.S. — Natural disasters and market trends have had roles to play in property assessments, especially this year. Assessments…

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Politics

Canada offers to pause debt repayments for countries hit by natural disasters

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Caribbean leaders on Wednesday that Canada will allow countries to suspend debt repayments in the event…

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Politics

Bob Rae says countries must work together to shore up infrastructure as disasters multiply

Canada’s Ambassador to the UN Bob Rae says the recent deadly calamities in Libya and Morocco should be convincing the…

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Halifax

Warm oceans spelling trouble for Cape Breton ecosystems, threatening natural disasters

SYDNEY, N.S. — Bodies of water too hot to support species. More intense natural disasters. Erosion and harmful bacteria. These…

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Nova Scotia

‘Complacency’ blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters

On the night floodwaters swept through his Nova Scotia county, taking lives and tearing out bridges, Doug Pynch says he…

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Canada

Ottawa replenishes fund for humanitarian groups as climate disasters take their toll

The federal government is setting aside $82 million over three years to replenish a fund for humanitarian groups responding to…

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Canada

BC urgently needs to change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report

Strategic shifts are urgently needed to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in British Columbia’s forests that threaten to decimate…

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Business

Net-zero plans are great, but today’s climate change disasters need to be addressed

It is often said that today’s economy is about resilience: developing robust and crisis-resistant supply chains, reducing our reliance on…

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