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The Vancouver Sun and The Province, the two major daily papers in British Columbia, are published by Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.

The Vancouver Sun has been a daily newspaper since 1912. The Province has been a daily since 1898. Both are award winners.

The Vancouver Sun, a broadsheet, publishes daily except Sundays and selected holidays. The Province, a tabloid, publishes daily except Saturdays and selected holidays.

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24 April 2019

Canada: Vancouver developing strategy to manage earthquake and climate risks

Vancouver is moving ahead with its first city resilience strategy, a plan to prepare for sudden shocks like earthquakes or flooding, and continuing stresses like social isolation and unaffordability. The strategy is based on the first major report from Vancouver's chief resiliency officer, a position created two years ago.

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12 November 2018

Canada: Francis Zwiers: Climate change is real but other human behaviour makes the damage worse

There is ample evidence that climate change is at least partly responsible for various disasters and is increasing flood and wild fire risks. But we must equally mitigate the increased vulnerability resulting from our development and land-use practices.

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18 September 2017

Opinion: Forest fire prevention forces hard choices

More significant droughts in British Columbia result in more fuel for fires, more fire starts, and larger and more severe fires. After a large fire, re-growth on the forest floor creates fuel that allows for a reburn of the grasses and forbs. By thinning recently burned areas and replanting to low density is one suggested approach to address the changing wildfire patterns.

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30 March 2015

Canada: Major effort to needed to reverse apathy about earthquake planning in British Columbia

All levels of society must work to reverse a deep-seated apathy to earthquake preparedness in British Columbia, according to a report commissioned by the British Columbia government, reports Vancouver Sun...

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15 October 2014

Canada: 'Not all fires are worth fighting'

'Resilience will become more important as climate trends point to more years similar to this year with a summer drought that started sooner and lasted longer than normal,'Lori Daniels, an assistant professor in forest and conservation science in the University of British Columbia's faculty of forestry explains...

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14 December 2012

Canada: Water damage claims surpass fire claims

Hurricanes like Sandy in B.C, Water damage has overtaken fire damage for insurance claims, and that trend looks to continue as king tides, warming oceans and more intense storms multiply the effects of sea level rise...

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6 December 2012

Canada would rather adapt to climate change than lead on cutting greenhouse gases

In response to a 2008 report from Ottawa’s Natural Resources calling for the magnitude of climate change impacts to be reduced through adaptation, Ottawa has created a Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division. Its employees work with governmental and non-governmental players 'to collaborate on adaptation priorities' and make Canada more 'climate resistant'...

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26 November 2012

Canada: Pine beetles contributing to climate change - study

'Previous studies have shown that climate change allowed the beetle to flourish. But our work shows that beetle infestations in turn feed back into climate,' found Holly Maness, who published a paper on titled The effects of climate change cascade...