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Questions raised about plan to create Nova Scotia corps of emergency volunteersMay 8, 2024B.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