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Lower Mainland vulnerable to significant flooding, costing billions in losses

2016-05-30 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Kabylie: If a major Fraser River flood is to occur in the coming decades it could trigger losses upwards of $30 billion amounting to the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. That's according to a study out Monday and commissioned by the Fraser Basin Council (FBC) as part of a strategy on behalf of 43 government and private sector partners. And Hansen says the problem will get worse the longer time goes on, thanks to rising sea levels and what he calls "other projected impacts of climate change"....

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Lower Powell Green Street and Sewer Repair Project Update: May 26, 2016

2016-05-27 01:14:12| PortlandOnline

Work has started on an Environmental Services project to replace and repair 4,508 feet of aging sewer pipe. The work includes constructing 22 green street planters and planting trees to absorb rain and reduce stormwater runoff. The project will keep about 1.6 million gallons of stormwater out of sewers annually, increase sewer system capacity and reduce basement backups.

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Weekly Cattle Market Wrap-Up | Feeder cattle prices lower

2016-05-26 22:07:09| Beef

Big news lately is that fresh beef imports were down 43,000 metric tons in the past 9 weeks and that helped to drop beef supplies in the recent Cold Storage report. Audio File: Beef Mag fdr ctl and cow audio 2016 05 26.mp3 read more

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