VANCOUVER — British Columbia's emergency management minister says the province will soon introduce new laws to govern responses to increasingly frequent natural disasters such as wildfires and flooding.
Bowinn Ma told a gathering of local politicians in Vancouver that the new laws will address the four phases of emergency management, from preparedness and mitigation to response and recovery.
Also at the convention, health and weather officials warned B.C. communities that the higher frequency and size of wildfires in recent years will likely continue or get even worse, with the resulting smoke carrying long-term impacts on people's health.
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