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Provincial and local authorities need to do more to involve First Nations in their emergency management plans, says Stó:lo Tribal Council Chief Tyrone McNeil.
One B.C. city has made the hard decision to uproot a neighbourhood because it's at high risk of flooding again and again. Now, others are being forced to consider what's called "managed retreat" after the catastrophic flooding in November that destroyed highways and at one point had 20,000 people out of their homes.