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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shown maps by Abbottsford, B.C. Mayor Henry Braun during a visit to the city on Nov. 26, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

B.C. extends fuel restrictions following flooding

Agricultural and farm-use vehicles exempted as 'essential'

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 30, 2021

Reuters — Government officials in British Columbia on Monday extended restrictions on the use of fuel by residents, saying it was needed for emergency vehicles as the region recovers from devastating floods. The order, first issued on Nov. 19, limits vehicles deemed “non-essential” by the government to 30 litres of gasoline or diesel fuel per

Other

Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Latest COVID-19 variant spurs decision

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News November 27, 2021

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is closing its borders to foreign travelers who have recently been to seven southern African nations to help stop the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters Friday. The European Union, the United States and Britain are among those tightening border controls as

File photo of a dairy operation in B.C.’s Fraser Valley. (Modfos/iStock/Getty Images)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Weather

Some B.C. milk runs resume as roads reopen

Sumas Prairie remains under boil water advisory

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 24, 2021

Milk pickups are resuming for some southern British Columbia dairy farmers, days after flooding and landslides caused by a days-long rainstorm cut off vehicle traffic through the region. In the wake of the Nov. 14-16 storm, with trucks unable to reach farms, the B.C. Milk Marketing Board on Nov. 16 asked that affected dairy farmers

Crops, Weather

CP to reopen rail corridor to Vancouver Tuesday

B.C. storm led to damage in 30 separate spots, railway says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 23, 2021

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) plans to have its rainstorm-battered mainline between Kamloops and Vancouver reopened to grain and other traffic around midday Tuesday. The company said Monday that out of 30 storm-damaged spots across its Thompson and Cascade subdivisions in southern British Columbia, 20 had seen “significant loss of infrastructure” in need of repair. CP

Parts of the Trans Canada Highway at Abbotsford, B.C. remain submerged in flood waters on Nov. 19, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)

Weather

Repair work on B.C. rail lines expected for days yet

CP expects to resume service 'mid-week;' some highways open only for essential travel

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 20, 2021

Canada’s big two railways expect repair work to continue into at least next week before service can resume through storm-battered areas of British Columbia to export terminals at Vancouver. Both railways, along with several major B.C. highways, have been shut this week due to damage from flooding and landslides spurred by a major multi-day storm

Delivery vans from the Save-On-Foods grocery store chain wait for a police escort to cross through a landslide near Hope, B.C. on Nov. 18, 2021 to restock the local grocery store after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in the region. (Photo: Reuters/Jesse Winter)

Weather

Panicked shoppers clear out flood-hit B.C.’s grocery stores

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams, Rod Nickel November 19, 2021

Reuters — Shoppers in British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much down to panic buying as disrupted supply chains, industry associations said on Thursday. Even as flood waters start to recede, some parts of the province are expected to face to temporary shortages of dairy supplies, with

Weather

Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

'We are not out of this by a long shot'

By GFM Network News November 18, 2021

Abbotsford | Reuters — Rescuers and workers in British Columbia were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the downpour blocked off entire towns

Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn at Abbotsford, B.C. are rescued on Nov. 16, 2021 by people in boats and on a jet-ski after rainstorms lashed the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters)

Other, Weather

B.C. calls emergency, expects more deaths from 500-year flood

Some livestock die, more are expected to be euthanized

By GFM Network News November 17, 2021

Abbotsford | Reuters — The death toll in Canada from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the province declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday. Authorities have so far confirmed one death after torrential rains and mudslides destroyed roads and left several mountain towns isolated. At

Floodwaters cover the Trans Canada Highway near Abbotsford, B.C. in an aerial view taken Nov. 16, 2021. (Photo courtesy BC Hydro via Reuters)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Grain flow uncertain as floods halt B.C. rail, road traffic

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — It’s too early yet to determine the effect of massive floods in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on grain movement, according to the company monitoring Canada’s grain handling and transportation system. Up to 200 millimetres of rain earlier this week have triggered mudslides and cut access to rail lines and highways east of Vancouver.

Community members struggle to rescue stranded cattle from an Abbotsford, B.C.-area farm on Nov. 16, 2021 after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in the region. (Photo: Reuters/Jesse Winter)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Weather

Small navy of farmers rescues cattle in flood-hit B.C.

By GFM Network News November 17, 2021

Abbotsford | Reuters — A flotilla of motorboats, canoes, dinghies and jet-skis helmed by farmers raced to move dozens of trapped cows from frigid waters as floods hit British Columbia. After a month’s worth of rain in two days, the downpours triggered widespread flooding. Mudslides hit cities and towns across the province. Among the worst-affected

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Farm safety

B.C. extends fuel restrictions following flooding

Canada shuts to seven African countries’ travelers

Some B.C. milk runs resume as roads reopen

CP to reopen rail corridor to Vancouver Tuesday

Repair work on B.C. rail lines expected for days yet

Panicked shoppers clear out flood-hit B.C.’s grocery stores

Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

B.C. calls emergency, expects more deaths from 500-year flood

Grain flow uncertain as floods halt B.C. rail, road traffic

Small navy of farmers rescues cattle in flood-hit B.C.

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