B.C. government, City of Abbotsford and Sumas First Nation to provide update on flood recovery
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At 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Sumas First Nation Chief Dalton Silver will provide an update.
The B.C. government, City of Abbotsford, and Sumas First Nation will provide an update on the flood recovery work done in the Abbotsford and Sumas Valley Thursday.
It’s been nearly a year since the historic flooding event that saw waters from the Nooksack River flood Abbotsford and the surrounding area in the Sumas Prairie.
The disaster, which began Nov. 14, 2021, saw days of intense rainfall, resulting in floodwaters closing the Trans-Canada Highway, swamping farms and killing thousands of livestock animals.
More than 3,300 residents were forced from their homes. Five people died.
Since the floods, the City of Abbotsford has been developing a long-term flood mitigation plan for the Sumas Prairie.
At 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens, B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth and Sumas First Nation Chief Dalton Silver will provide an update on those efforts.
Meanwhile, an Indigenous-led collaborative in the province wants better accountability for the use of a $5-billion recovery fund dedicated to the disaster.
The group seeking more integrated and resilient flood planning says there is little information about how the recovery fund has been allocated or spent.
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