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Descrease article font size Increase article font size During unprecedented wildfires and the B.C. state of emergency, people throughout the province are being advised to stay safe from the effects of poor air quality after 41 air quality statements were put in effect in central and southern regions. Alerts from Environment …
Read More »MPP Taylor says proposed Ontario alerts for missing vulnerable persons to ‘pinpoint’ small regions
A Hamilton, Ont., politician who’s tabling a new bill expanding OPP alerts to include vulnerable people who go missing says the prospective notifications would be hyper-focused and only reach residents in certain communities. Hamilton Mountain NDP MPP Monique Taylor says the new initiative aims to target just the neighbourhoods in …
Read More »Out-of-control wildfires in B.C. lead to evacuation orders, alerts and smoky skies
As smoky skies fill much of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley, 191 wildfires continue to burn across the province, leading to hundreds of people on evacuation alerts, as well as evacuation orders in the Peace region. Right now, five of the active wildfires are considered notable: the Flood Falls …
Read More »Know All About ‘R’ Factor As Centre Alerts States, UTs
New Delhi: Even as fears continue unabated across the country of an impending third wave of the Covid-19 infections, reports of an increase in the ‘R’ factor or reproduction rate of the coronavirus in some states and Union Territories has raised fresh concerns. In view of the same, the Union …
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