You can tune into the hearing to listen to the City of Calgary now. CRCAG/FFC is expected to appear within the next hour. Tune into the livestream here. View the full order of proceedings here. Regards, Your CRCAG Board

Calgary River Communities Action Group, alongside Flood Free Calgary, is expected to take the stand as early as 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Tune into the livestream here. On Monday, the first Alberta Transportation witness panel took the stand and was cross-examined by counsel for the Stoney Nakota Nations and the Springbank Concerned Landowners Group (SCLG). View the full order of proceedings here. Regards, Your CRCAG Board

The Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) hearing on the Springbank Off-stream Reservoir (SR1) project begins this morning at 9:00 a.m. and is projected to run for 10 to 14 days. Watch the livestream on YouTube. Read the news release Calgary River Communities Action Group (CRCAG) will be represented by Co-presidents Tony Morris and Brenda Leeds Binder, and Flood Free Calgary (FFC) by Paul Battistella, as well as our external counsel, Lou Cusano and […]

The Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) hearing on the Springbank Off-stream Reservoir (SR1) project begins on Monday and is projected to run for 10 to 14 days. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hearing will be held in a virtual format and livestreamed on YouTube for public viewing. The YouTube link will be posted on the NRCB website at nrcb.ca on March 19, 2021. A daily recording will also be […]

We are fast approaching one of the last steps in the regulatory review of the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir: the public hearing conducted by provincial regulator, the Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB). IMPORTANT: NRCB approval is required, otherwise the project cannot proceed. Firstly, thank you to everyone who wrote in or answered our survey to support our evidence package. We’re hopeful that our tragic stories will help convince the NRCB of […]

As we prepare for the upcoming public hearing on SR1, there are key milestones being achieved in other regulatory streams as well — and all are critical to the success of SR1. Draft Environmental Assessment Report and draft potential conditions On January 4, 2021, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) released its draft Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) and draft potential conditions on the Springbank Off-Stream Reservoir project and invited […]

Since November, we have been collecting letters/emails detailing the flood experiences of Calgarians to be used as evidence in support of SR1 at the upcoming NRCB hearing. To those who have written in, we can’t thank you enough for sharing your personal stories with us. We are still accepting letters and we’ve also created a 2-minute survey to make responding even easier. If you have already submitted a letter, you […]

The Impact Assessment Agency (IAA) of Canada issued the draft Environmental Assessment Report (EAR) and potential draft conditions for SR1 on January 4, 2021. The Report concludes that, taking into account the implementation of the key mitigation and follow-up program measures, SR1 is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. The IAA also proposes 104 draft conditions. Issuance of the Report, and its “no significant adverse effects” conclusion is […]

Earlier this month we shared information on the recently released draft flood inundation maps for Alberta. The province has solicited public feedback on the maps and the deadline is this FRIDAY, January 15. Remember, the draft maps are inundation maps NOT flood hazard maps — hazard maps are likely to come sometime next year. The draft maps can be viewed easily in the Flood Awareness Map Application: https://floods.alberta.ca/?app_code=FI&mapType=Draft. You do not […]

Alberta Environment and Parks has released draft flood inundation maps and reports and public feedback is being accepted until January 15, 2021. Although it is the the Bow and Elbow River and Upper Bow River flood studies we are most interested in, the public engagement is part of a larger initiative for 18 new flood studies, covering over 1,500 kilometres of river through more than 60 municipalities and First Nations. It is important to note that […]