In 2021, farmers were thrown a big one in the form of the severe drought that withered crops across Western Canada. A family plants their wheat crop with a seeding rig, near Cremona, Alta., Friday, May 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
The Alberta government says it will accept applications from municipalities and Indigenous communities across the province who want to design and construct projects that protect from flooding and drought.A family plants their wheat crop with a seeding rig, near Cremona, Alta., in a file photo from 2022. The Alberta government is promising $125 million over five years for a new drought and flood grant program.
Last week, David Cox, reeve of the Municipal District of Pincher Creek, told CBC News that water levels behind the nearby dam had dropped so low that the M.D. was being forced to pump water, a situation that started last summer. Speaking Monday, Schulz said the province worked with Pincher Creek to find interim solutions, such as moving the community's intake valve. But longer-term solutions are now on the radar, she said.
"Making resilient communities in the future, I think, is an important discussion that we all need to have. I'm very happy with the announcement of this funding," McLaughlin said. "Above normal moisture will be needed now and well into the summer to help ameliorate long standing moisture deficits that in many areas have taken several years to develop into the state they are in now," the report reads.
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