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Out-of-date maps may be putting us at risk
PTSD is the painful reminder of the sacrifice they made
Majority of floodplain maps are simply wrong
emembrance Day only comes once a year, but for someone who has been in armed conflict, the memories and scars from battle are present every day. In fact, for some former soldiers the solemn time of reflection can be a painful reminder of the sacrifice they made for Canada. “November marks darker days, daylight savings,” says Aaron Bedard, an advisor on Veteran Affairs Canada’s Service Excellence Committee. “November 11 triggers memories and is a stressful challenge through the Christmas season—it is the bottom of the year for those of us who struggle to manage PTSD.” Bedard is a veteran himself who is known for his role in an Equitas Society lawsuit against the Canadian government that intends to overturn the New Veterans Charter (the case is in abeyance for one year awaiting the new government transition).
BY RANDY SHORE Vancouver Sun he City of Chilliwack and other B.C. communities that lack up-to-date floodplain maps risk billions of dollars in property damage and even the lives of their citizens when disaster strikes, experts say. “The flood in Calgary and High River is a perfect example of what happens when your maps are wrong,” said Tamsin Lyle, a Vancouver consulting engineer. “The events of 2013 showed that their maps were out of date, so the areas they thought were going to flood didn’t flood and the areas where it flooded weren’t shown on the map.” “Planning decisions and emergency response plans were based on poor information, resulting in a lot more damage than might have otherwise happened,” she said. Many B.C. communities lack recent floodplain data, according to a study commissioned by the British Columbia Real Estate Association. Changes in the topography of developed land, silt accumulation in rivers and changing weather patterns can render a floodplain map obsolete in as little as five years. In Chilliwack, city hall is working with a floodplain map from 2007. “The city has endeavoured to
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