{"id":71447,"date":"2016-02-27T11:03:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=71447"},"modified":"2016-02-27T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T16:03:26","slug":"alberta-invests-millions-in-flood-protection-projects-across-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/27\/alberta-invests-millions-in-flood-protection-projects-across-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta invests millions in flood protection projects across province"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Premier Rachel Notley (Photo courtesy of Notley’s Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CALGARY\u2014The Alberta government has announced investments in flood mitigation projects across the province.<\/p>\n

Premier Rachel Notley outlined $25 million in grants at a news conference on the banks of the Bow River in downtown Calgary.<\/p>\n

The money is to go toward flood mitigation projects in Calgary, Drumheller, Chestermere, Turner Valley, the Siksika First Nation and the Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8.<\/p>\n

The province also announced $17 million for seven municipalities in southern Alberta and $6.5 million in grants to the city of Medicine Hat for flood barriers.<\/p>\n

Much of southern Alberta was deluged in 2013 and the Insurance Bureau of Canada has pegged it the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history.<\/p>\n

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi says that in addition to making communities more resilient to flooding, the projects will help put people to work during the economic downturn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis stuff’s really expensive, but it’s even more expensive not to do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Notley indicated there will be more announcements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2013 floods brought out the best in Albertans and now the best thing governments can do is reduce the threat of future flooding,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNature is unpredictable and we can never assume that we’ve tamed its raw power. We can only try to channel it in another direction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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