Photo: The Canadian Press BC Environment and Strategy Minister for Climate Change George Heyman speaks during a press conference in Burns Bog, Delta, BC on Monday, June 29, 2020. The Government of British Columbia has unveiled its new strategy to prepare the province to deal with extreme weather events. Heyman says the plan includes improved roles for the BC Wildfire Service in preparing for and preventing fires. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Darryl Dyck The Government of British Columbia has launched its new strategy to prepare the province to deal with extreme weather events that cause heat, fires and floods. Environment Minister George Hayman says the plan includes enhanced roles for the BC Fire Service to prepare for and prevent fires. She highlighted the success of Lake Logan’s community, southwest of Kamloops, in its preparation that helped it avoid collapsing from an offensive fire last August. Logan Lake Mayor Robin Smith says the community has had 18 years to prepare for such a fire and her advice is that it is important to start somewhere and take the first step to protecting property and communities. Heyman says the county is developing a provincial flood strategy, an extreme heat preparedness plan and working with First Nations to extend the practice of cultural and scheduled incineration. The government says it will invest more than half a billion dollars over the next three years to ensure the province is ready to adapt to the effects of climate change.
