The price of a flood prevention project in Ellicott City, Maryland, which saw two major flooding events in 2016 and 2018, has skyrocketed by nearly $50 million.
Despite the devastation Hurricane Hazel wrought on Doug Ford’s own neighbourhood, his overhaul of Ontario’s housing policy weakens protections for flood-mitigating wetlands.
An unlikely group from northwest B.C. is working together to restore the heavily impacted Upper Bulkley River to protect farmland from floods and bring balance back to a disrupted ecosystem.
