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Politics

Federal disaster aid for 2021 B.C. floods taking too long: MP

The federal government estimates it will need to pay almost $3.4 billion for its share of the disaster recovery bills…

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Tech

How artificial intelligence can help beavers fight floods, droughts and wildfires

A few years ago, a couple of Google employees reached out to a Minnesota scientist with an unusual proposal: What…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia announces $5M in funding to repair trails damaged in July floods

The province announced on Thursday it will provide $5 million in funding to help repair more than 45 trails in Nova…

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Nova Scotia

Meeting in Windsor, N.S., to discuss fallout from recent floods

The mayor of West Hants is hosting a meeting tonight at the Windsor community centre to discuss the fallout from…

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Canada

‘Unfortunately, it’s no longer’: B.C. man mourns loss of hometown to catastrophic floods in Libya

Abdulrahim Hewaidi is mourning his hometown of Derna, Libya.  On Sunday, two dams burst during a powerful storm, sending floodwaters…

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Nova Scotia

Relief as main road to Peggy’s Cove reopens after disastrous floods

The road to a popular tourist destination in Nova Scotia has reopened after devastating floods last month, bringing a spark…

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Halifax

Nova Scotia farmers get $4 million for emergency preparedness, response plan in wake of recent wildfires, floods

Between post-tropical storm Fiona, a polar vortex, drought, extreme wildfire conditions and floods, farmers in the province have dealt with…

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Canada

Children of man who died in N.S. floods question why roads open, alerts delayed

It doesn’t make sense to Robie Holland that — as 250 millimetres of rain poured down in rural Nova Scotia…

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Nova Scotia

Popular trail near Halifax reopens after damage from recent floods

A popular trail on the western outskirts of Halifax has reopened, but it comes with a caution. In a recent…

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Halifax

Three blank sailings in Halifax this week. Are the leftover effects of the floods to blame?

The washed-out CN rail line linking the Port of Halifax to the rest of Canada was finally repaired last Friday,…

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