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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DIR10-128 - July 6, 2010
News
Saskatchewan is looking for volunteers to help after storms and tornado
On July 5, CBC reported that the Government of Saskatchewan is pleading for volunteer workers to help the province recover from a series of storms during the past weeks. The province's fire commissioner declared that the Saskatchewan Emergency Management Organization has deployed all its resources across Saskatchewan. Volunteers are needed to move debris in Yorkton, where about 1,000 homes were damaged after heavy rain flooded basements and turned streets into canals on July 1st. The flood has forced about 175 people from their homes. In addition, a 100 people have been left homeless near the town of Raymore and on the Kawacatoose First Nation, where a tornado touched down on July 2nd. So far more than 70 Saskatchewan communities have declared states of emergency due to bad weather.
Source article - CBC
Public Safety Canada Geomatics provides a map of the affected areas
More and bigger hurricanes according Environment Canada
As of July 6, CBC reported that Environment Canada is standing by its original forecast of more numerous and larger storms during the 2010 hurricane season. According to Canadian Hurricane Centre officials this year’s weather system has created cooler waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean and that should mean lighter winds, which will allow more and larger storms to develop. The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico current conditions are favorable for the creation of storm development and hurricane forecasters are watching satellite imagery closely. The current forecast calls for 14 to 23 named storms, and three to seven major hurricanes. There has already been one named storm; Hurricane Alex killed two people and caused severe flooding when it landed in northerneastern Mexico on July 1. It was then downgraded to a tropical storm.
Source article – CBC
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister advises Canadian travellers to be cautious during Hurricane Season
On July 5,the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs advised Canadian travellers to take additional safety measures during hurricane season, which lasts from early June to late November and affects the North Atlantic and northeastern Pacific regions. Hurricanes often cause severe damage to infrastructure, cutting off access to transportation, emergency assistance, medical care, power, telecommunications, and food and water. The Government of Canada’s ability to assist travellers may be limited in such circumstances. Checking the Government of Canada’s Travel Reports and Warnings and for Hurricane Season in concerned countries is the first step to ensure safety for travellers in hurricane prone areas.
Source article – Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Government of Canada’s Travel Reports and Warnings are available on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade website.
$3.7M Canada-Quebec pipeline renewal partnership to benefit four Quebec municipalities
On July 5, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and MP for Mégantic-Compton, on behalf of Quebec’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, announced a joined financial contribution of over $2.4 million for the municipalities of Lac-Mégantic, Lac-Drolet and Saint-Romain under a federal-provincial agreement in connection with the drinking water and wastewater pipe renewal program PRECO (Programme de renouvellement des conduites d'eau potable et d'eaux usées). The same day, the Quebec Minister of Revenue and MNA for Beauce-Sud, also on behalf of the Quebec Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, announced a $1.3 million contribution under PRECO for the Municipality of Saint-Ludger.
Source article – Government of Quebec
Source article – Government of Quebec
Power outages in Toronto
On July 6, CBC reported that 1100 citizens of Toronto were without power as of 7:00 EDT on July 6 in two areas of North York. Toronto Hydro crews were working to fix the outage and by 7:30 EDT the power was restored. On July 5, a blackout caused by a fire to a transformer affected more than 20 0,000 citizens, causing traffic problems at rush hour. H owever power has been restored to all customers as of July 6 and the cause of the fire is being investigated.
Source article - CBC
Flooding in Manitoba: Update
To update on Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR10-127, as of July 6, 207 residents of the Peguis First Nation were evacuated to hotels in Winnipeg after weekend storms flooded roads and knocked down power lines. Further evacuations may be required. According to the Peguis's emergency co-ordinator , 150 to 250 millimetres of rain fell over the area. A bridge over the Fisher River was washed out. Numerous trees were uprooted and destroyed power lines. Over 200 homes in the community of 7,200 have been flooded in a series of heavy rains that began in early June.
Source article – Winnipeg Free Press
Public Safety Canada Geomatics provides a map of the affected areas
Cyber tracking
CCIRC security publications
Over the course of the past 72 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.
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