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B.C. opens new wildfire training and education centreApril 24, 2024Nova Scotia to create new volunteer ‘guard’ corps for emergenciesApril 10, 2024Canada evacuating vulnerable Canadian citizens out of Haiti: JolyMarch 27, 2024Federal government plans to consult widely before any changes to Emergencies ActMarch 13, 2024Upcoming wildfire season could be worse than last year, federal minister saysFebruary 28, 2024DEMvolution a Huge SuccessFebruary 14, 2024Extreme weather a growing risk to Canada’s electricity gridJanuary 24, 2024Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agencyJanuary 10, 2024Avert’s 2023 top stories of the yearDecember 20, 2023Opinion: There is a lot to learn from disasters that were avoidedDecember 6, 2023P.E.I. receives post-tropical storm Fiona after-action reviewNovember 22, 2023Opinion: A new age of wildfire requires new approaches – we gotta get on those nowNovember 8, 2023How Nova Scotia’s EMO managed Atlantic Canada’s worst stormOctober 18, 202316 emergency managers on improving Canada’s DEM systemOctober 4, 2023Disaster dilemmas: 11 difficult choices emergency managers faceSeptember 27, 2023Opinion: Ignoring gender-based violence puts disaster survivors at riskSeptember 13, 2023Opinion: Facing the reality of wildfire in CanadaAugust 30, 2023From blue bird to black swan: What X means for disaster and emergency managementAugust 16, 2023Opinion: How our diverse experiences can strengthen disaster responseAugust 2, 2023Recruit, train and equip local disaster volunteers: A CERT storyJuly 26, 2023Opinion: A disaster is a terrible thing to wasteJuly 19, 2023‘Call a friend’: Q&A with IAEM Canada president Sam RobertsJuly 12, 2023All Hands On Deck: Finding your confidence in emergency managementJuly 5, 2023Canada, U.S. ink enhanced wildland fire co-operation dealJune 28, 2023Opinion: Canada urgently needs a FEMA-like emergency management agencyJune 21, 2023Are Canadians prepared for the next weather-related disaster?June 14, 2023A look at Ocean Networks Canada’s earthquake early warning systemJune 7, 2023Technology could be key to future wildfire prevention, fighting: companiesMay 31, 2023Q&A with Ontario’s minister responsible for emergency managementMay 24, 2023TRCA lacks funding to maintain critical flood protection standardsMay 17, 2023The 72-hour fallacy: Preparing your communities for the unexpectedMay 10, 2023Bridging the Gap: Practical advice for emergency management practitionersMay 3, 2023Opinion: Let’s end ‘performative leadership’ in emergency managementApril 26, 2023Lessons observed: Looking back on decades of emergency managementApril 19, 2023How EMOs across Canada orchestrate emergency managementApril 12, 2023Eager to serve: Meet Team Rubicon CanadaApril 5, 2023Port aux Basques, N.F.L., faces long road to recoveryMarch 29, 2023Bridging the Gap: Research impact in emergency managementMarch 22, 2023Op-ed: Disasters worsen housing crises, but they don’t have toMarch 15, 2023Public safety, accountability and rail deregulationMarch 8, 2023Flood insurance challenges for First Nations communitiesMarch 1, 2023An emergency manager’s 5 rules of leadershipFebruary 22, 2023Devastation in Turkey offers B.C. lessons: profsFebruary 15, 2023B.C. tests earthquake preparedness with Coastal Response 2023February 8, 2023Leadership lessons from the Portapique tragedyFebruary 1, 2023B.C.’s Columbia Basin communities prepare for disasters | California’s cascading climate disastersJanuary 25, 2023NWT launches flood response review | Q&A with NFPA’s Laura KingJanuary 18, 2023Disaster by choice: Our actions creating catastropheJanuary 11, 2023Top 10 climate disasters cost billions last year: report | Disaster risk financing plan vital for CanadiansJanuary 4, 2023Adaptation strategy plan underfunded, unclear: report | Bridging the gap in emergency managementDecember 21, 20222021 climate disaster damage hits USD$268B | Q&As with Glenn McGillivray and Perron GoodyearDecember 14, 2022UN launches record $51.5B humanitarian appeal | Faults in the fault lineDecember 7, 2022‘Concrete actions’ needed for First Nations emergency response | We have to get off the disaster hamster wheelNovember 30, 2022‘Disaster in slow motion’ for Canada’s coasts | DEMCON speakers challenge emergency managersNovember 23, 2022Let’s talk about disasters | Canada Task Force 2 is response readyNovember 16, 2022