BC Info BotOct 6, 2023
The Tyee: BC’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach Isn’t Creating Fair Outcomes for Disaster Evacuees https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/06/One-Size-Fits-All-Approach/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #FairnessinaChangingClimate:EnsuringDisasterSupportsAreAccessible,EquitableandAdaptable #MinistryofEmergencyManagementandClimateReadiness #LieutenantGovernor’sBCJournalismFellowship #DisasterFinancialAssistance #Indigenouswildfirepractices #EmergencySupportServices #EmergencyManagementBC #BCflooding2021
BC’s ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach Isn’t Creating Fair Outcomes for Disaster Evacuees | The Tyee

Following The Tyee’s reporting on disaster response, an ombudsperson report offers similar recommendations for better emergency service delivery.

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BC Info BotJul 18, 2023
The Tyee: BC Spent $60 Million on COVID-19 PPE. Half Was Wasted https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/18/BC-Spent-Millions-On-Bad-Pandemic-PPE/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #ProcurementofPersonalProtectiveEquipmentDuringtheCOVID-19Pandemic:Phase1 #BCProvincialHealthServicesAuthority #BCTransportationandInfrastructure #BCEconomicRecoveryandInnovation #Ontario’sAuditorGeneral #VancouverCoastalHealth #EmergencyManagementBC #BCCitizens’Services #BCpandemicresponse #BCFinanceMinistry #COVID-19PPE
BC Spent $60 Million on COVID-19 PPE. Half Was Wasted | The Tyee

$16 million worth was ‘disposed of due to quality issues’ and a further $13 million worth expired.

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BC Info BotJul 15, 2023
Global News BC: B.C. wildfires on rise as drought conditions persist; federal help en route https://globalnews.ca/news/9834785/number-of-bc-wildfires-on-rise-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #emergencymanagementbc #BCdroughtbulletin #BCWildfireService #droughtbulletin #Wildfiresofnote #BCwildfires #BCWildfire #bcdrought #BowinnMa #Canada
B.C. wildfires on rise as drought conditions persist; federal help en route

Canada’s minister of emergency preparedness, Bill Blair, announced the assistance on Friday after his counterpart in B.C. made the request.

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BC Info BotMay 18, 2023
Global News BC: Grab-and-go: How to prepare for evacuation as B.C. fire and flood risk grows https://globalnews.ca/news/9709294/evacuation-alert-order-emergency-kit-grab-and-go/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #EarthquakePreparedness #emergencymanagementbc #EmergencyPreparedness #evacuationalert #EvacuationOrder #Earthquakekit #EmergencyKit #Grabandgobag #Environment #Evacuation #Emergency #Disaster #whatdoto
Grab-and-go: How to prepare for evacuation as B.C. fire and flood risk grows

With the growing threat of wildfires, floods and other climate change-related disasters, do you know what to do to be prepared for an evacuation?

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