Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report
The Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report is a compilation of summaries of publicly available emergency management information concerning critical infrastructure.
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DIR10-107 - June 4, 2010
News
Quebec forest fires force evacuations: Update
To update from Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR10-106, on June 3, Radio-Canada reported that the fire near the Wemotaci reserve is now contained. On June 3, representatives of the Council of the Attikamek Nation inspected the buildings on the reserve with experts to ensure sanitary conditions. No houses were destroyed by fire. The1,300 evacuated Wemotaci residents should know on June 4 when they can return home.
Source article – Radio-Canada, June 3, 2010
Public Safety Canada Geomatics provides a map of the affected areas.
Second gas leak in Calgary forces evacuations
On June 4, the Calgary Herald reported that a second gas leak occurred in Calgary. On June 3, 870 dwellings in a southwest neighbourhood were evacuated. On June 2, 253 homes were evacuated. Residents were able to start returning home two hours after the leak was first reported. A spokesperson with the Calgary fire department indicated that they are concerned that there were two leaks in two days. The fire department and ATCO Gas will be meeting to identify if there is something that needs to be addressed or dealt with.
Source article – Calgary Herald, June 4, 2010
VIA's Toronto operations relocated to avoid congestion during G20
On June 3, VIA Rail Canada announced that to avoid congestion in the downtown Toronto area, it will move its operations from Toronto Union Station to suburban stations during the core G20 summit dates, from June 24 through 27. VIA will also be operating a weekend schedule and a shuttle between suburban stations. VIA will make every effort to minimize shuttle travel times, but advised that customers should expect delays.
Source article – VIA Rail, June 3, 2010
Point Lepreau Generating Station Refurbishment project update
On June 3, the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) announced that overall work on the Point Lepreau Generating Station’s Refurbishment project is approximately 75% complete. Restarting the Station safely and with quality is critical to providing customers with safe, reliable, affordable electricity. In September 2009, AECL revised the completion date for its retube activities to October 2010. AECL has stated that this completion date is no longer achievable. New guidance on the completion of the retube activities will be issued when plans are finalized for the calandria tube installation. Refurbishing the Point Lepreau Generating Station will provide reliable operation for the next 25 to 30 years. The Station is important to New Brunswick’s electricity system and the refurbished Station will supply 35% of the in-province electricity need.
Source article – AECL, June 3, 2010
Cyber tracking
CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 24 hours, CCIRC has not released any security publications.
CCIRC provides a list of recent and archived security publications.
Threat and vulnerability monitoring
CCIRC is currently tracking the following computer-based threats and vulnerabilities for relevant impact on Canadian critical infrastructure. Personnel responsible for information, systems and network security should continue to monitor and apply appropriate security precautions.
Relevant links
Below are links to sites related to Canada’s critical infrastructure.
- Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Health Advisories, Warnings and Recalls
Health Canada
- Disease Outbreak News
World Health Organization
- Travel Health Notices
Public Health Agency of Canada
- Transportation - Safety
Transport Canada
- Travel Reports and Warnings
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
- Weather warnings for Canada
Environment Canada
- Earthquakes
Earthquakes Canada
- Hurricanes
Canadian Hurricane Centre
- Hurricanes
U.S. National Hurricane Center
- News Releases
Infrastructure Canada
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Note to readers
Public Safety Canada collects information related to cyber and physical threats to, and events concerning, Canadian critical infrastructure. This allows Public Safety Canada to monitor and analyze threats and to issue alerts, advisories and other information products.
Links to sites not under the control of the Government of Canada are provided solely for the convenience of users. The Government of Canada is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The Government of Canada does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.
Public Safety Canada respects the Official Languages Act and is committed to ensuring that information products are available in both English and French. However, users should be aware that some links direct users to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and that these sources are only available in the language in which they are written.