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Mother Nature isn’t letting up on B.C.’s south coast just yet. Heavy rain Friday night and Saturday morning, combined with melting snow, left streets flooded throughout Metro Vancouver.
City crews throughout the region were hard at work Saturday morning trying to clear the storm drains of snow in order to let the water through.
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On December 17, BBC News reported that Microsoft Corporation is to release an emergency patch for a serious vulnerability to the Internet Explorer 7 product. The flaw in the internet browser could allow unauthorized users to take control of their computer equipment and steal passwords and other personal information. Microsoft indicated that the patch should […]

  Stormwater outfalls along Calgary’s rivers are getting a bit of a retrofit.  Any of the outfalls with aprons are bing fitted with four (4) 2.5 cm eye bolts (2 near water level and 2 about 45 cm above them).  The bolts will allow anchor points to deploy absorbent or containment booms in the event of a […]

Media reported that thousands of residents in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were still without power after heavy snow from December 7–8 caused outages throughout the provinces. Spokespersons from both NB Power and Nova Scotia Power indicated that the poor road conditions were delaying repairs but power should be restored to customers later on December […]

In the next day or two, Calgary Water Services will receive a new emergency response trailer containing 40 U.S. flood control tubes (15 metres each) and pumps for filling them.  The tubes can be laid out, connected with sleeves, and stacked in pyramids to form varying lengths and heights of dams.  They are quick to set […]

Vital U.S. industries such as the energy, transportation, and chemicals sectors are vulnerable to cyberattacks, concludes a survey by Secure Computing and Energy Insights. The survey found that 75 percent of the executives that operate the nation’s critical infrastructure believed that the transportation and shipping and postal industries were not prepared for a cyberattack, while […]

The Times & Transcript reported that on December 2, New Brunswick Minister of Health Michael Murphy designated the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont Regional Hospital in Moncton as the lead testing laboratory in the event of an outbreak of influenza pandemic. Mr. Murphy indicated that the Microbiologist-Infectious Disease laboratory of the hospital would be the site of central […]

On November 28, federal Minister of Public of Public Safety Peter Van Loan announced the completion of the two-year review of the Criminal Code list of terrorist entities. Mr. Van Loan recommended that the 41 entities currently listed be retained on the list. Mr. Van loan indicated that the Governor in Council accepted the Minister’s […]