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HEALTH Rock Creek clinic gets
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OPINION Invasive weeds blooming P4 in the Boundary.
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GARDEN Single-use plastics ban P12 just the start: Anderson
Cowboys and cowgirls from across the Boundary came out to the Rock Creek Fair Grounds last weekend to take in the second annual Rock ‘n’ Kettle Rodeo. Many locals showcased their riding skills while some elite rodeo competitors from across B.C. gave the crowd a show in the bull riding and barrel racing events. JENSEN
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Flood recovery in the Boundary can now move forward on a number of high priorities like dike reinforcements and buyouts for properties that lie in local floodplains, now that $53 million in disaster mitigation assistance has been confirmed. The announcement came to the relief of many involved in flood recovery, who have been waiting to hear back on the funding for nearly a month. Other communities in the province such as Richmond in the Lower Mainland received confirmation of flood mitigation support before Grand Forks and the Regional District. The Boundary Flood Recovery team applied
for the grant in January. B.C. parliamentary secretary for Emergency Preparedness, Jennifer Rice, made the announcement Wednesday morning on the bank of the Kettle River in South Ruckle, one of the neighbourhoods hit hardest by last year’s May flood. “These investments will go a long way toward mitigating the impact of a potential emergency, both here and elsewhere in B.C., ” Rice told a crowd of reporters, downtown business owners and Ruckle residents. Though approximately 90 per cent of the work will be concentrated on Grand Forks, said deputy manager of Boundary Flood Recovery Chris Marsh, the
investments will also be spread across the Boundary. “There are potentially two properties in Greenwood to be purchased or partially purchased and returned to the floodplain, and also work on their flood protection there as well,” Marsh told the Times. Floodplain management is a top concern for the region, Boundary Flood Recovery Manager Graham Watt told the Times last month. Watt explained that existing maps received few updates since they were first created in the 1990s. “Floodplain management needs to be the same level of priority for local government as drinking water,” Watt said in May. “Doing it right saves lives, doing it
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wrong puts them in danger.” Through last fall and winter, the city conducted risk and damage assessments on properties in North and South Ruckle to determine if buying out property owners would be a viable option to reduce future risk. In a survey of flood-affected land owners, more than 80 per cent of respondents said that they would be in favour of a buyout with fair compensation. The federal government is providing nearly $20 million, the provincial government has pledged more than $28.9 million and the city of Grand Forks will be contributing $1 million. The province is also offering an addition $2.6 million to secure downtown Grand Forks.