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Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

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

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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

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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
An aerial view shows a damaged road as a flood sweeps through, near Lytton, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021. (Handout photo from B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Reuters)
Crops, Other, Weather

B.C. rains shut CN, CP mainlines and Highways 1, 7

Repairs already underway, CN says

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The effects of rainstorms pelting southern British Columbia’s Interior have reached into the Prairies by effectively cutting off grain traffic to Vancouver. Canadian National Railway said Tuesday that heavy rainfalls in the region have led to mudslides and washouts on its network. Crews are inspecting affected areas and “carrying out repairs which are critical to
Flooded roads are seen near Chilliwack, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021 after rainstorms lashed parts of the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Other, Weather

Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian helicopters carried out multiple missions on Monday to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles on a highway after huge rainstorms sparked landslides in British Columbia. The rainstorms that started on Sunday triggered landslides, shut roads, prompted the evacuation of an entire community, forced an oil pipeline to close
File photo of a farmed mink. (Konstantin Sokolov/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

B.C. calling halt to mink farming

Live mink on farms to be banned in 2023

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British Columbia’s remaining mink farmers are “devastated” by the province’s proposal to phase out their industry over risks related to COVID-19. The province announced Friday it’s starting the process toward a permanent ban on mink farming — beginning with a ban on mink breeding, followed by a ban on live mink on farms by April
A view near the Canadian end of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor and Detroit and is considered one of North America’s busiest trade routes. (Steven_Kriemadis/iStock/Getty Images)
Other

U.S. border reopens to Canadian land travelers

Travel business sees 'tremendous pent-up demand'

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Toronto | Reuters — A steady stream of Canadian visitors, particularly retirees headed to U.S. sun spots, crossed the U.S. border by car on Monday for the first time in 20 months as Washington lifted travel restrictions. Traffic was heavy at times at some U.S. border posts such as Bluewater Bridge, Michigan near Sarnia, Ont.,
The culture of Canadian farms is one of risk balanced with reward and that can extend to children on the farm, sometimes with tragic results.
News, Other

Risk and reward

Are injury rates in Canadian agriculture driven by farm culture?

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Risk taking starts young on the Canadian farm and it persists for a lifetime. Farmers know why they take risks, too; risk taking can be rewarding. It’s the name of the game in agriculture. But risk taking in the farm workplace also injures and kills farmers, their family members and workers, too. Compared with other
Few farmers have taken the time to write a formal safety plan, a recent FCC study found.
News

Conference digs into safety, farm culture on Canadian farms

"People say, ‘I do things safely,’ but don’t actually do things to support that. We’ve got to figure that out.”

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Most farmers believe they do their jobs safely, and most also say they have unwritten rules on their farm to do the work without anyone getting hurt. But Canadian farmers also say an injury, or a near miss, hasn’t made them change their work behaviour, nor has it spurred them to put a safety plan

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