Heavy rain and mudslides have submerged towns, cut off roads and left at least one person dead in British Columbia, along Canada’s Pacific coast. The military was sent in to assist with evacuations.

VANCOUVER — The federal government is paying out more than $148 million in disaster recovery funding to British Columbia in response to recent flooding and record-breaking wildfire seasons.

A new University of British Columbia-led study shows that safeguarding key natural ecosystems across Canada can help reduce flood risks for more than half of the country's urban areas at high risk ...