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PRRD submits $10,000 grant application to be used for forum with Saulteau First Nations

The Peace River Regional District (PRRD) board authorized staff to submit a grant application for $10,000 to the Union of BC Municipalities' Regional Community to Community (C2C) Forum program during their March 21st meeting to be used to co-host a forum with Saulteau First Nations. 

New EDMA from Province prompts letter of 'concern' from RDCK

Council supports community emergency preparedness fund

Fort St. John council has directed staff to prepare two grant applications for the Union of BC Municipalities' Emergency Preparedness Fund.

Council supports applications to UBCM's Community Emergency Preparedness Fund

Fort St. John council says it supports staff preparing two grant applications for the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Emergency Preparedness Fund.

Delta assessing its risk hazard vulnerability

B.C. Provides Indigenous Nations Larger Role in Emergency Management | Bennett Jones LLP

On November 8, 2023, substantial changes to B.C.'s emergency preparedness legislation took effect. Bill 31-2023, the Emergency and Disaster Management Act, (EDMA) replaced the Emergency...

B.C. Provides Indigenous Nations Larger Role in Emergency Management

On October 4, 2023, B.C.'s Minister of Emergency Management introduced substantial changes to the province's emergency preparedness legislation. Bill 31-2023, the Emergency and Disaster Management Act, EDMA, if passed, will replace the Emergency Program Act, RSBC 1996, c 111 the EPA, which has governed B.C.'s emergency response regime for the last three decades. EDMA was co-designed with Indigenous Nations in accordance with the Province's action plan developed under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, SBC 2019, c 44 DRIPA.

TNRD to bring concerns about new emergency management act to the province - Kamloops News

Columbia-Shuswap directors dispute responsibility for weather shelters

Centres are expected to be locally led

B.C.'s new emergency management legislation getting muted support