<div dir="ltr"><div><h1 style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:18pt 0cm 4pt;line-height:115%;break-after:avoid;font-size:20pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:rgb(15,71,97);font-weight:normal"><span class="gmail-field"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The City of Abbotsford is issuing evacuation alerts for properties in
Sumas Prairie West and Clayburn Village</span></b></span></h1>

<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This follows a Flood Warning issued earlier today by the BC River
Forecast Centre and further conversations with the Province of BC based on
their modelling information which shows that the flooding may be more than what
was seen in 2020 but not as significant as the 2021 event.</span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The City of Abbotsford remains in contact with </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Whatcom County. The Nooksack River is expected to overtop its banks this </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">afternoon and overflow water will take approximately 7 hours to cross the </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Canada/U.S.A. border based on past experience. 
</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">
Read More Here: </span><a href="https://www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/news-media/evacuation-alerts-issued-sumas-prairie-west-and-clayburn-village" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.abbotsford.ca/city-hall/news-media/evacuation-alerts-issued-sumas-prairie-west-and-clayburn-village</a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(58,58,58);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><u>Helpful Links: </u></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(58,58,58);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The British
Columbia Heritage Emergency Response Network (BC HERN)</span>:</b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(58,58,58);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> <br><a href="https://bchern.ca/" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://bchern.ca/</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(58,58,58);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Canadian
Conservation Institute (CCI) Emergency Advice: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(58,58,58);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/corporate/emergency-advice.html" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/corporate/emergency-advice.html</a></span></p>

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future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on
 this territory.</font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#666666" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Leia works remotely from <a href="https://www.snuneymuxw.ca/" target="_blank">Snuneymuxw</a> Territory, in what is today commonly called Nanaimo.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 1A1</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 1pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="color:rgb(237,125,49);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.66px"><a href="http://www.museum.bc.ca/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.museum.bc.ca</a></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>