Fire & Flood: Facing Two Extremes

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  The Vancouver Sun

  

  Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: Read our 7-part B.C. investigation

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  Floods and wildfires devastated swaths of B.C. last year, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes, causing billions of dollars in …

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  The Vancouver Sun

  

  We're not prepared when extreme wildfires, flooding hit B.C. Here's why.

  vancouversun.com - Gordon Hoekstra, Glenda Luymes

  When Ben Campbell evacuated Monte Lake with wife Kami as wildfire threatened the B.C. Interior community last summer, the whole sky was blotted out …

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  The Vancouver Sun

  

  Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: Not keeping up is catching up with B.C.

  vancouversun.com - Glenda Luymes, Gordon Hoekstra

  The rivers are rising again in Princeton. As the spring sun warms B.C.’s mountain slopes, both the Tulameen and Similkameen are starting to swell with …

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  The Vancouver Sun

  

  Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: B.C. First Nations fight for a seat at the planning table

  vancouversun.com - Glenda Luymes, Gordon Hoekstra

  On provincial maps, B.C.’s flood defences appear solid and uniform. Bold red lines delineate the dikes that neatly separate the Fraser River from its …

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  The Vancouver Sun

  

  Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: Where wildfires burn in B.C., worse flooding is sure to follow

  vancouversun.com - Gordon Hoekstra, Glenda Luymes

  In late July last year, 1,000 people were ordered to flee their homes in Sicamous as wildfire threatened the B.C. Interior community. The fire …

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  The Vancouver Sun

  

  Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: Spend now or future wildfires will be far worse in B.C.

  vancouversun.com - Gordon Hoekstra, Glenda Luymes

  On a cool mid-March day, Garnet Mierau stood in the forest at the north edge of the town of Logan Lake in the B.C. Interior. He stood on a boundary of …