National

B.C. has never used the national Alert Ready system. Facing disaster after disaster, that might soon change

Many British Columbians are questioning why the province has never used the straight-to-your-cellphone emergency communication system known as Alert Ready — even as thousands have endured literal hell and high water conditions over and over in a single year.People are seen after being rescued by boat from an area that was cut off due to flooding in Abbotsford, B.C.,…

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International, national wildfire crews head to B.C.

Nearly 5,000 properties remain under evacuation order and more than 16,000 are under evacuation alert over the weekend as hundreds of fires burn across the province, some fuelled by consistently warm temperatures and strong winds.Firefighters from Mexico walk across the tarmac after arriving on a charter flight in Abbotsford, B.C., on Saturday to help the province…

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National security threats are changing, but Canada is mired in conventional thinking

We have entered an era in which national security is not just about protecting the state against adversaries, but also against dangers that have a direct impact on the daily lives of people, write Aaron Shull and Wesley Wark.David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, submitted NSICOP’s annual report to Parliament on…

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