On June 26, New Brunswick Local Government Minister Bernard LeBlanc and New Brunswick Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General John W. Foran announced that five northern municipalities in their province signed an emergency measures reciprocal agreement that will put a plan in place to protect residents in case of an emergency. The municipalities of Saint-François, […]
On June 28, the Manitoba Water Stewardship issued a flood advisory for the Red River Valley, the Interlake, the Whiteshell and areas east of Lake Winnipeg in southeast Manitoba. The advisory was issued due to a major rainstorm that brought 50–100 millimetres to the areas. Also, overland flooding developed in areas east of the Red River, […]
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-122, on June 26, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) reported that 1,043 new cases of H1N1 flu virus infection have now been confirmed in Canada. This brings the total of cases to 7,775: 264 (21 new) in B.C.; 793 (188 new) in Alberta, including 1 […]
The 3rd meeting of the ISO TC 224 - WG7 on Crisis Management of Water Utilities was held in Banff, AB on May 25-27, 2009. The delegates of the WG7 were from Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Portugal, UK and USA. The group discussed and reviewed the chapters of the 2nd draft of the guideline developed […]
Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR09-121, on June 26, the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that 108 countries have officially reported 59,814 cases (3,947 new) of H1N1 flu virus, including 263 deaths.
Source article – WHO, 26 June 2009
Another Alberta county has declared a state of agricultural disaster because of a lack of rain combined with cool weather this past spring.Lamont County council will lobby the provincial and federal governments for financial assistance.
Last week, the County of Camrose declared an agricultural state of disaster because of drought conditions.
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Someone dumping chemicals into a Port Coquitlam, B.C., storm drain may have killed thousands of Coho salmon fry in Hyde Creek, according to a local environmental group.Ted Wingrove, president of the Hyde Creek Watershed Society, says thousands of fish have suffocated and burned after being exposed to some sort of unidentified toxic chemical which entered […]
On June 24, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) launched a new version of their CanOSH website for information to meet health and safety compliance needs, improve workplace health and safety practices, and reduce workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses. The website brings together federal, provincial and territorial resources, to provide convenient access […]
On June 24, the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work commented on the theft of two laptops from the Alberta Health Services (AHS) offices. Mr. Work indicated that it was unacceptable that the data on the laptops’ hard drives was not encrypted. Mr. Work emphasized that the standard for the Alberta government for storing personal or […]
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has declared a state of emergency in Manitoba First Nations over the swine flu pandemic.
Canada’s First Nations communities have been hit hard by the H1N1 virus, but there is no consistent approach to the outbreak across the country, Barker told the Senate committee on aboriginal peoples.
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